REPORT 

of  the 

BUILDING  FUND 
COMMITTEE 


ISSUED  BY  THE  JOINT  COMMITTEE 

ON 


WOMEN’S  CHRISTIAN  COLLEGES 
IN  THE  ORIENT 

DECEMBER,  1923 


REPORT 

of  the 

BUILDING  FUND 
COMMITTEE 

of  the 

Women’s  Union  Christian  Colleges 
in  the  Orient 


Striving ,  strainings  toiling  through  the  night 
Unresting  all  the  way. 

And  now  great  Shasta  shines 

Snow  peaks  aflame  with  glorious  lights 
We  thank  Thee  for  it  all 

Guide  over  mountain  trail 
And  Master  of  the  height. 

L.  W.  P. 

Thanksgiving  Day,  1922, 

on  the  train  for  San  Francisco 


ISSUED  BY  THE  JOINT  COMMITTEE 
DECEMBER  1923 

Miss  Elizabeth  Bender,  Secretary,  150  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York  City 
Copies  supplied  by  co-operating  Boards 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


Foreword  . 3 

Introduction  .  5 

Isabella  Thoburn  College — Lucknow  .  9 

Woman’s  Christian  College — Madras  .  11 

Yenching  College — Peking  .  13 

Ginling  College — Nanking  .  17 

Woman’s  Christian  College — Tokyo  .  19 

North  China  Medical  College  for  Women .  25 

The  Union  Missionary  Medical  School — Vellore  ...  26 

The  Committee  on  Building  Fund 

The  Campaign  . 30 

The  New  York  Luncheon  .  37 

Unusual  Publicity  .  42 

Special  Service  .  44 

State  Leaders  .  47 

Finance  .  39 

Assistant  Treasurer’s  Report 

Foreword  .  63 

Auditor’s  Report  .  69 

Receipts  .  70 

Payments  .  73 

Receipts  by  States  .  74 

Detailed  Statement  of  State  Returns  .  76 

Summary  of  Receipts  .  101 

Memorial  Buildings  .  102 

Receipts  from  King’s  Daughters  .  104 

Campaign  Expenses  .  105 

Buildings  .  106 

Memorial  Rooms  .  107 


Women’s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

JOINT  COMMITTEE 

Rev.  James  L.  Barton,  D.  D.,  Chairman 
Rev.  Frank  Mason  North,  D.  D. 

Mrs.  W.  F.  McDowell 
Miss  Elizabeth  R.  Bender 
Robert  E.  Speer 
Miss  Margaret  E.  Hodge 
Mrs.  Charles  K.  Roys 
Mrs.  Henry  W.  Peabody 

Miss  Ross 

Advisory  Members 

Mrs.  Gertrude  S.  Martin 
Miss  Ada  Comstock 
Mrs.  Wm.  Bancroft  Hill 
Miss  Ellen  Pendleton 
Mrs.  William  Boyd 

BUILDING  FUND  COMMITTEE 

Mrs.  Henry  W.  Peabody,  Chairman 
300  Ford  Building,  Boston,  Mass. 

Hilda  L.  Olson,  Asst.  Treas. 

300  Ford  Building,  Boston,  Mass. 

COLLEGES 

Ginling  College,  Nanking,  China 
Yenching  College,  Peking,  China 
Woman's  Christian  College,  Madras,  India 
Union  Missionary  Medical  School  for  Women,  Vellore.  India 
Isabella  Thoburn  College,  Lucknow,  India 
Woman's  Christian  College,  Tokyo,  Japan 
* Woman's  Union  Medical  College,  Peking,  China 


Mrs.  W.  A.  Montgomery 
Miss  Kate  Lamson 
Rev.  W.  I.  Chamberlain,  Ph.  d. 
Mrs.  DeWitt  Knox 
Mrs.  Anna  R.  Atwater 
Miss  Mabel  K.  Howell 
Mrs.  P.  M.  Rossman 
Beatty,  B.  A. 

Treasurer 

Mr.  Russell  Carter 

Miss  Hilda  L.  Olson,  Asst.  Treas. 


CO-OPERATING  BOARDS 


Baptist  North 
Christian 
Congregationalist 
Canadian  Methodist 
Canadian  Presbyterian 


Lutheran 

Methodist  Episcopal 
Presbyterian  in  U.  S.  A. 
Reformed  Church  in  America 
Methodist  Episcopal  South 


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FOREWORD 


October  24,  1923. 

To  the  Friends  and  Supporters  of  the 

Seven  Women’s  Union  Christian 
Colleges  in  the  Orient. 

Greeting  : 

The  campaign  for  the  seven  Women’s  Union  Chris¬ 
tian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  will  stand  out  as  the  most 
notable  effort  of  its  kind  in  the  history  of  modern  mis¬ 
sions.  It  fixes  for  all  time  the  status  of  these  institu¬ 
tions  and  gives  higher  Christian  education  for  the 
women  of  the  Orient  a  permanent  place  in  the  confidence 
and  affection  of  a  widely  extending  constituency. 

The  accompanying  statement  of  the  Assistant  Treas¬ 
urer,  Miss  Hilda  L.  Olson,  is  eloquent  in  its  showing  of 
the  successful  issue  of  a  mighty  undertaking. 

The  comprehensive  history  and  report  of  Mrs.  Henry 
W.  Peabody,  the  Chairman,  and,  under  God,  the  inspir¬ 
ing  leader  of  the  campaign,  will  stand  in  history  as 
having  no  parallel.  I  would  urge  upon  all  to  preserve 
both  these  documents  for  future  reference. 

I  am  sure  you  will  desire  to  follow  the  development 
of  these  colleges  as  they  use  the  funds  so  generously 
given  to  build  up  their  plants  and  put  themselves  into 
position  to  realize  the  high  purpose  of  their  origin. 

The  Committee  feels  under  obligation  to  keep  open 
an  office  for  three  years,  at  least,  in  order  to  enable 
donors  to  the  fund  to  follow  the  development  of  these 
women’s  colleges  as  they  carry  into  execution  the 
erection  of  their  buildings  and  their  equipment. 


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4  W  omens  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

The  money  for  continuing  this  office  does  not  come 
from  your  gifts,  but  from  the  interest  upon  the  building 
and  equipment  funds  held  by  the  Committee,  subject  to 
the  call  of  the  colleges.  Necessarily,  considerable  time 
must  elapse  between  the  collection  of  the  funds  and 
their  uses  on  the  field.  The  East  is  slow  moving  in  mat¬ 
ters  of  building. 

These  colleges  and  their  officers  and  administrators 
crave  and  need  the  continuous  sympathy  and  the  earnest 
prayers  of  all  to  whom  this  may  come.  Let  the  two  en¬ 
closures  be  to  you  a  reminder  of  gratitude  to  God  for 
this  signal  triumph;  a  reminder  also  that  by  His  con¬ 
tinued  guidance  and  sustaining  grace  alone  can  the 
desired  ends  be  achieved. 

By  your  gifts  and  personal  effort,  you  have  demon¬ 
strated  to  the  world  your  belief  in  the  conspicuous  place 
in  the  plan  for  world  redemption  of  Christian  educa¬ 
tion  for  women  in  the  East.  By  your  continued  inter¬ 
est  and  your  unfailing  prayers,  you  will  make  regnant 
the  reality  of  your  belief.  Without  these  the  notable 
achievements  of  the  campaign  will  little  avail;  with 
them  the  exalted  purpose  will  be  abundantly  realized. 

On  behalf  of  the  Joint  Committee, 

James  L.  Barton, 

Chairman. 


INTRODUCTION 


THE  best  description  of  an  ideal  report  is  found 
in  the  Book  of  Revelation,  1:19:  “Write  the  things 
which  thou  hast  seen  and  the  things  which  are, 
and  the  things  which  shall  be  hereafter.” 

This  report  will  fail  in  two  respects  to  reach  this 
ideal.  We  may  write  the  things  which  we  have  seen, 
and  the  things  which  are,  but  the  most  important  things 
in  such  a  movement  as  this  cannot  be  written,  they  are 
invisible,  intangible,  from  hidden  sources,  unseen  forces. 
“The  things  which  shall  be  hereafter”  we  may  not  de¬ 
scribe,  but  if  these  colleges  continue  wholly  and  truly 
Christian  the  blessing  to  the  world  cannot  be  estimated. 
The  fact  that  the  colleges  remain  under  the  direct  influ¬ 
ence  of  the  Women’s  Boards  of  Missions,  which  are 
Christian  and  evangelical,  should  insure  a  continuance  of 
Christian  administration.  When  from  six  to  twelve 
Boards  unite,  it  seems  reasonable  to  hope  that  there  will 
always  be  a  conservative  administration,  though  it  can 
never  be  narrowly  sectarian. 

The  outstanding  points  in  the  whole  enterprise  are 
that  the  movement  was  begun  by  women  who  had 
brought  most  of  these  girls  now  fitted  for  higher  educa¬ 
tion  from  primary  schools  up  through  secondary  and 
preparatory  schools  to  college  and  professional  grade. 
And,  while  our  missionaries  on  the  field  did  this  vast 
piece  of  educational  work,  women  supporters  at  home 
maintained  and  developed  great  organizations  of  wom¬ 
en,  keeping  the  groups  in  the  churches  educated  and 
informed,  and  collecting  large  sums  of  money,  for  the 


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greater  part  in  small  gifts,  but  amounting  in  the  aggre¬ 
gate,  during  sixty  years,  to  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  millions  of  dollars.  This  money,  except  for  the 
slight  expense  for  home  administration,  has  been  in¬ 
vested  in  the  work  and  in  buildings  and  equipment  on 
the  various  fields.  Foreign  Missions  are  expensive.  The 
costs  for  transportation  to  distant  fields,  for  the  care  of 
health  and  renewal  of  workers  through  furloughs,  is 
added  to  the  ordinary  expense  for  maintaining  similar 
work  at  home.  Much  of  the  work  in  higher  education, 
for  instance,  must  be  done  under  missionary  societies 
which  is  not  the  case  here.  All  these  expenses  have  been 
met  and  no  higher  proof  of  the  success  is  needed  than 
the  fact  that  at  the  end  of  sixty  years  a  new  day  dawns 
for  woman  who  under  ethnic  faiths  has  had  little  hope 
or  opportunity.  The  missionaries  on  the  field  and  the 
women  at  home  deserve  great  credit,  yet  even  more  is 
due  to  the  students  and  teachers,  the  new  trailmakers 
who  have  not  disappointed  us  but  are  ready  to  assume 
the  task  worthy  of  a  Moses,  of  leading  their  own  people 
out  of  the  wilderness.  The  majority  of  these  girls  are 
Christian,  thanks  to  their  missionary  training.  May  it 
soon  be  true  of  all,  as  it  has  been  true  of  one  college  in 
the  East.  The  President  was  asked,  “What  percentage 
of  your  students  are  Christian  when  they  graduate? 
“One  hundred  per  cent  was  the  reply.  “Every  girl  who 
has  gone  out  has  been  a  follower  of  the  Lord  Jesus.” 

So  the  way  was  prepared  for  the  colleges  by  the 
women  of  all  our  churches.  It  was  sixty-two  years  ago, 
in  the  year  of  the  Civil  War,  that  the  first  Woman’s  For¬ 
eign  Missionary  Society  was  organized.  No  church  was 
ready  at  that  time,  so  it  was  an  Interdenominational 
society,  called  the  Woman’s  Union  Missionary  Society. 


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As  soon  as  the  war  was  over,  the  great  denominations 
formed  Woman’s  Boards,  the  Congregationalist,  Metho¬ 
dist  Episcopal,  Baptist,  Presbyterian  and  Southern 
Boards.  For  more  than  five  decades  they  have  been 
growing  steadily  in  membership,  funds,  in  work  accom¬ 
plished  on  all  foreign  fields  and  in  educating  and  stimu¬ 
lating  women,  girls  and  children  in  thousands  of  circles, 
societies  and  guilds  at  home.  Church  women  have 
gained  in  initiative,  administrative  ability  and  in  han¬ 
dling  finances,  through  their  department  of  missions.  In 
general,  these  Boards  have  covered  abroad  similar  lines 
of  effort  for  women  and  girls  and  in  some  cases  they 
have  taken  the  work  for  younger  boys, — educational, 
evangelistic,  medical  and  social  service, — with  the  usual 
departments  of  church  work  which  women  in  this  coun¬ 
try  assume,  mothers’  meetings,  prayer  groups,  Bible 
classes.  Christian  literature  also  developed  as  women 
began  to  read.  But  the  great  outstanding  contribution 
has  been  education  for  girls  which  has  never  kept  pace 
with  that  for  boys  and  higher  education  for  women 
which,  until  recent  years,  has  been  entirely  lacking. 

Let  us  glance  at  the  beginnings  which  led  to  the  recent 
campaign  to  furnish  permanent  plant  and  equipment  for 
the  Union  Christian  Colleges  for  the  women  of  the 
Orient.  It  was  not  possible  to  include  denominational 
schools  in  this  union  campaign,  only  those  that  had  be¬ 
come  interdenominational  could  be  cared  for. 


The  First  College  for  Women  in  Asia, 

ISABELLA  THOBURN  COLLEGE 

Isabella  Thoburn  was  a  pioneer  in  India  and  the  col¬ 
lege  she  founded  bears  her  name.  While  this  first  wom¬ 
an’s  college  in  the  Orient  was  under  the  direction  of  the 
Woman’s  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  the  Presbyterian  Woman’s  Board 
has  recently  united  in  its  support,  thus  bringing  it  with¬ 
in  the  list  of  Union  Colleges.  This  is  the  brief  but  won¬ 
derful  story  of  this  first  Woman’s  College  in  Asia.* 

“Vassar’s  Contemporary — 50  years  ago  Isabella  Tho¬ 
burn  College  started.  Only  a  school  for  six  little  girls 
in  a  mud-walled  bazaar  room  of  Lucknow. 

“Now  it  is  the  women’s  department  of  the  ‘Oxford  of 
India,’  the  great  University  of  Lucknow,  educational 
center  for  the  50,000,000  people  of  North  India. 

“More  than  fifty  years  ago  an  estate  in  Lucknow 
known  as  ‘Lai  Bagh’ — literally  ‘Treasure  Garden’— 
was  purchased  by  Isabella  Thoburn,  an  American  mis¬ 
sionary,  who  has  since  been  recognized  as  the  pioneer 
of  women’s  education  in  the  Orient.  Under  Miss  Tho¬ 
burn,  ‘Lai  Bagh’  became,  indeed,  ‘Treasure  Ground’ 
for  the  kingdom  of  God  in  India.  The  work  began  in 
1870  in  a  mud-walled  room,  six  children  constituting  the 
pupils.  Fourteen  years  later  it  was  advanced  to  High 
School  grade  and  in  1886  affiliated  as  a  College  of  the 
University  of  Allahabad.  In  buildings  wholly  inadequate 
to  its  needs,  the  work  was  continued  until  1910,  when  a 
splendid  memorial  building  was  presented.  Five  years 
later  this  was  totally  destroyed  by  flood.  The  approach 


*The  story  is  told  more  fully  in  the  booklet,  Isabella  Thoburn  College. 

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10  IV omen s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

of  her  Golden  Jubilee  in  1920  brought  ‘Lai  Bagh’  her 
opportunity.  Through  the  efforts  of  devoted  mission¬ 
ary  spirits  in  America  a  campaign  for  funds  was  author¬ 
ized,  and  with  the  addition  of  conditional  gifts  from  the 
Indian  Government  something  like  $100,000  was  se¬ 
cured,  thus  making  possible  the  larger  and  better 
equipped  College  that  the  times  and  new  conditions  in 
India  demanded.  At  this  juncture  another  opportunity 
presented  itself.  The  Government  of  India  decided  to 
organize  a  great  University  which  should  be  an  ‘Oxford 
for  India/  and  as  plans  have  developed,  to  Isabella 
Thoburn  College  has  come  the  distinction  of  being 
named  as  the  Women’s  Department  of  the  University. 
This  necessarily  led  to  the  reconsideration  of  plans,  and 
now  the  Joint  Committee  is  making  every  effort  to  raise 
a  sum  sufficient  to  meet  the  demand. 

“Of  Lilavati  Singh,  ‘Lai  Bagh’s  foremost  daughter,’ 
an  ex-president  of  the  United  States  said  after  hearing 
her  speak  to  an  audience  of  four  thousand  people — ‘If 
this  were  the  only  result  of  the  money  spent  on  missions, 
she  would  justify  the  expense.’ 

“Of  four  hundred  and  sixty-five  students  graduating, 
228  became  teachers  (149  of  them  in  Mission  Schools). 
Five  became  evangelists,  eighteen  became  physicians, 
114  entered  upon  further  study,  and  the  rest  entered 
homes  of  their  own. 

“The  college  organized  the  first  Kindergarten,  the  first 
College  with  full  staff  of  women,  graduated  the  first 
woman  in  India  to  be  in  charge  of  a  Boys’  High  School, 
the  first  woman  dentist,  the  first  woman  agriculturist, 
the  first  woman  to  receive  her  M.  A.  in  North  India, 
and  organized  the  first  Teachers’  Conference. 

Goucher  College  is  sister  to  Lucknow. 


WOMAN’S  CHRISTIAN  COLLEGE-MADRAS 


In  1913,  a  proposition  for  a  college  for  South  India, 
a  week’s  journey  from  Lucknow,  came  almost  simul¬ 
taneously  to  the  Boards  of  Great  Britain  and  America. 
In  1915,  Madras  College  opened  with  a  faculty  of  Brit¬ 
ish  and  American  women  led  by  the  President,  Eleanor 
MacDougall,  a  distinguished  English  scholar,  and  a 
member  of  the  faculty  of  London  University.  After  a 
year  in  the  first  home,  a  Mohammedan  harem,  rented 
for  a  small  sum,  the  gift  from  the  legacy  of  Laura  Spel- 
man  Rockefeller,  paid  through  the  Woman’s  American 
Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society,  secured  as  it  seemed 
through  direct  providential  leading,  the  beautiful  com¬ 
pound  on  College  Road,  Madras,  with  one  large  and 
several  small  buildings,  and  ten  acres  of  land  pleasantly 
situated  on  the  river  bank  and  shaded  by  magnificent 
trees.* 

The  motto  of  the  Woman’s  College  in  Madras  is  sig¬ 
nificant.  These  earnest  Indian  women,  seeing  the  great 
need  of  the  vast  hosts  of  sisters,  are  not  seeking  educa¬ 
tion  for  its  own  sake.  They  have  chosen  for  their  seal 
the  design  of  a  common  Indian  clay  lamp,  with  the  mot¬ 
to,  “Lighted  to  Lighten.”  The  aim  of  the  college  is  to 
train  future  leaders  among  women,  in  a  country  which 
needs  so  sorely  the  strong  help  of  enlightened  women  in 
education,  medicine  and  social  reform.  This  is  a  success¬ 
ful  international  experience.  Six  British  Boards  are 
cooperating  with  six  in  America. 

Thirteen  students  in  the  first  graduating  class  took 
their  B.  A.  degree  in  1918.  As  they  went  up  to  receive 

*The  story  is  told  in  the  booklet  on  Woman’s  Christian  College,  Madras, 
published  by  the  Joint  Committee  on  Women’s  Union  Christian  Colleges 
in  the  Orient. 


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their  diplomas  from  Madras  University,  it  was  as 
though  the  first  battalion  of  a  new  army  of  relief  had 
come  to  a  dying  world,  and  a  great  cheer  broke  forth 
spontaneously  from  the  men  and  women  who  were  pres¬ 
ent,  a  cheer  for  the  future  these  women  trail  makers  are 
to  guarantee. 

The  fact  that  in  the  university  examinations  in  1920 
only  two  first  honors  were  given,  and  both  went  to  grad¬ 
uates  of  the  Women’s  College,  is  worth  noting.  It  has 
popularized  the  science  department,  and  instead  of  a 
very  general  choice  of  literature,  history,  and  philoso¬ 
phy,  twenty-five  per  cent  of  the  students  are  now  en¬ 
rolled  for  scientific  courses. 

The  outstanding  news  from  Madras  today  is  the  ac¬ 
tion  of  the  Government  in  asking  the  college  to  take 
over  the  Teachers’  Training  College  which  it  is  glad 
to  do.  It  will  begin  in  a  small  way  in  Hanson’s  Garden, 
the  land  formerly  known  as  Naboth’s  vineyard.  Fifteen 
thousand  dollars  of  the  college  fund  will  pay  the  mort¬ 
gage  and  give  the  equipment.  When  we  realize  the  won¬ 
derful  opportunity  the  college  holds  in  training  the  lead¬ 
ing  educators  for  India  in  a  Christian  environment,  we 
feel  this  opportunity  must  not  be  lost.  The  science 
building  and  the  Teachers’  College  in  Madras  need  not 
wait.  The  College  still  maintains  its  high  record  and  has 
carried  off  many  of  the  honors  given  by  Madras  Univer¬ 
sity  in  competition  with  the  men’s  colleges. 

Mount  Holyoke  College  became  a  sister  college  to 
Madras,  and  Westfield  College,  England,  is  the  sister 
there  to  this  truly  International  College  for  Women  of 
India. 


YENCHING  COLLEGE— PEKING,  CHINA 


Away  to  the  north  of  Asia  a  college  for  women  had 
developed  in  1912  under  the  leadership  of  Luella  Miner 
and  the  Board  of  the  Interior  (Congregationalist).  The 
college  had  united  other  Boards  (Methodist  Episcopal, 
Presbyterian  and  London  Mission)  in  its  administration 
before  the  organization  of  the  Joint  Committee  and  was 
urgently  in  need  of  new  buildings.  Some  of  the  old 
stones  in  the  walls  antedated  Columbus  and  the  conven¬ 
iences  were  similarly  antiquated.*  We  quote  from  Mrs. 
Frame,  President  of  Yenching,  which  is  the  Woman’s 
College  of  Peking  University. 

“  ‘Why  did  no  one  ever  tell  us  before  that  it  makes  any 
difference  to  China  what  the  women  do?’ 

“The  bitter  question  was  flung  at  a  Yenching  College 
girl  by  one  of  the  wet-eyed,  scarlet-cheeked  women  who 
were  crowded  into  a  Peking  courtyard,  listening,  stirred 
and  amazed,  to  the  college  girl’s  burning  plea  that  the 
woman  citizens,  a  full  half  of  the  great  Chinese  repub¬ 
lic,  arouse  themselves  to  the  national  crisis,  shake  loose 
from  the  narrow  ignorance  that  bound  them,  and  work 
together  to  save  the  nation.  It  was  the  challenge  of  the 
New  China  to  the  Old,  the  challenge  voiced  by  the 
Student  Movement  of  1919,  when  in  all  the  educational 
centers  the  youth  of  China  threw  itself  wholly  into  the 
task  of  arousing  public  opinion.  The  college  girl,  with 
her  very  heart  in  her  words,  had  been  picturing  China, 
with  her  enormous  mass  of  four  hundred  million  souls, 
as  just  swinging  out  upon  the  world’s- highway,  full  of 


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dim  new  hopes,  only  to  meet  foul  play  that  had  sent 
her  staggering. 

“  ‘And  do  you  know  why?’  the  girl  had  said,  leaning 
forward  to  catch  the  eye  of  every  grandmother  with 
her  tiny,  long-stemmed  pipe,  each  mother  with  her  baby 
in  her  arms,  each  round-eyed  little  maid:  ‘China  has 
many  enemies,  but  the  most  dangerous  ones  are  within, 
not  without.  It  is  because  we  are  all  so  ignorant,  so 
asleep.  Now  we  who  are  awake,  at  last,  must  rouse  the 
rest.  The  men  cannot  do  it  alone, — China  needs  us. 
And  we  must  do  our  share, — you  and  I !’ 

“It  was  then  that  the  woman’s  indignant  cry  rang  out, 
an  unconscious  accusation  of  all  China’s  teachers  and 
philosophers,  from  Confucius  on.  For  thousands  of 
years  they  had  glorified  learning, — but  only  for  the 
men.  Eloquently  they  had  written  of  man’s  supreme 
duty  to  the  state,  but  little  of  woman’s.  What  difference 
could  the  women  make? 

“Christianity  came  to  China.  It  dared  to  say  that  the 
women  in  China  mattered  as  much  as  the  men,  and 
opened  schools  for  girls  to  prove  it.  It  proved  it  so  well 
that  the  government  proceeded  to  start  girls’  schools, 
too,  so  that  in  the  larger  cities,  at  least,  doors  from  kin¬ 
dergarten  to  high  and  normal  schools  swung  open  to 
them. 

“The  old  palace  outgrown  means  that  building  on  the 
new  campus  could  not  be  delayed,  unless  the  college  is 
to  be  cruelly  stunted  in  its  unequalled  opportunity  to 
help  China.  The  new  dormitories  and  faculty  houses, 
recitation  hall  and  laboratories  that  have  been  so  care¬ 
fully  planned  by  faculty  and  architect,  have  generous 
gifts  to  transfer  them  from  blueprints  to  solid  earth. 
Yenching  asked  only  for  essential  things.  A  whole 


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initial  equipment  may  be  built  in  China  at  the  cost  of 
a  single  palatial  laboratory  in  America. 

“Yenching  is  glad  at  heart  for  all  that  her  graduates 
are  doing  in  administration,  in  education,  medicine, 
literature,  as  religious  workers,  social  workers,  lecturers, 
in  social  reform,  as  home  missionary  pioneers  in  dis¬ 
tant,  lonely  fields,  as  Y.  W.  C.  A.  secretaries.  In  a  hun¬ 
dred  ways  their  patient  endeavor  is  helping  their  sisters 
to  meet  the  new  social  complexities  and  changes  with 
dignity  and  intelligence.  But  none  the  less  constructive 
is  their  work  as  home-makers  and  mothers. 

“Yenching  is  most  of  all  deeply  Christian ;  it  has  never 
clouded  that  issue.  Only  genuinely  Christian  education 
could  help  China  at  her  sorest  need.  So  not  merely  in 
the  Bible  courses  in  the  curriculum,  in  the  impressive 
chapel  or  Sunday  services,  or  even  in  the  students’ 
Y.  W.  C.  A.  meetings,  and  the  little  informal  groups 
for  Bible-discussion  and  prayer,  is  this  spirit  expressed, 
but  in  the  whole  college  atmosphere.  Students  coming 
even  from  non-Christian  homes  and  schools  have  felt 
it. 

“So  Yenching  asked  her  friends — the  friends  of  China 
and  of  education  everywhere, — to  help  her  meet  these 
fundamental  needs,  and  to  meet  them  now. 

“Close  to  the  mountains  beyond  the  Peking  walls,  the 
wide  new  campus  lies  under  the  brilliant  sky.  Yenching 
bought  that  new  campus  in  faith, — faith  in  you.  She 
waited  for  the  magic  wand  to  be  waved  over  the  fallen 
walls,  that  the  new  Yenching  may  rise  in  the  midst  of 
this  ancient  landscape  garden, — rise  in  simple  yet  state¬ 
ly  buildings  whose  curving  Chinese  roofs  shall  shelter 
all  that  is  needed  and  fitting  for  the  pioneer  woman’s 
college  in  this  land,  with  its  record  and  its  promise, 


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and  its  brave  young  womanhood  looking  steadfastly 
toward  the  China  that  is  to  be. 

“Old  China  contentedly  read  the  classics  through  its 
huge  horn  spectacles  for  some  three  thousand  years, 
but  those  much-expounded  volumes  do  not  satisfy 
Young  China.  Any  day  he  may  be  seen,  hunting  over 
the  bookstalls  for  books  on  modern  science,  history, 
philosophy, — he  is  hungry  for  them  all.  Who  but  col¬ 
lege-trained  scholars  and  authors  can  investigate  and 
write  for  his  need?  Already  some  Yenching  girls  have 
done  good  work  as  editors  and  translators,  and  some 
are  even  now  writing  widely  read  articles  in  the  daily 
press.  Peking  University  is  keenly  alive  to  the  impor¬ 
tance  of  equipping  its  students  for  such  work,  and  is 
planning  largely  for  its  Department  of  Journalism  for 
both  men  and  women.” 

Mrs.  Charles  R.  Crane,  wife  of  the  recent  Minister 
from  the  United  States  to  Peking,  became  so  convinced 
of  the  overwhelming  necessity  for  preparing  just  such 
teachers  as  these  for  unschooled  China,  that  she  gener¬ 
ously  endowed  several  scholarships  in  this  Department 
of  Yenching. 

This  need  of  scholarships  is  perhaps  the  greatest 
need  of  all  these  colleges  at  present.  An  annual  gift  of 
a  hundred  dollars  a  year  in  India  and  $125  to  $150  in 
China  and  Japan  will  provide  education  and  board  for 
a  year  for  eager  girls  who  are  to  help  build  the  new 
world  for  women  and  children  and  for  men  as  well. 
This  challenge  flung  out  to  a  Yenching  student  is  the 
challenge  of  the  women  of  China  today.  Wellesley  is 
the  sister  college  to  Yenching. 


GINLING  COLLEGE— NANKING 


But  China  is  very  large  and  her  200,000,000  women 
need  more  than  one  college  even  to  touch  their  needs, 
so  down  in  Nanking,  the  old  centre  of  classical  learn¬ 
ing,  Ginling  College  was  started  in  1915.  It  began  in 
the  ancestral  home  of  Li  Hung  Chang  with  the  co¬ 
operation  of  five  Boards. 

Two  hundred  years  before  Christ,  long  before  it  be¬ 
came  Nanking,  the  southern  capital  of  the  city  bore 
the  old,  old  classic  name  of  Ginling.*  The  American 
faculty  and  students  of  both  Ginling  and  Yenching  were 
housed  in  crumbling  old  palaces,  romantic,  but  not  at  all 
hygienic.  The  laboratory  class  could  get  all  the  moulds 
and  fungi  it  wanted  by  scraping  the  old  flagstones  of 
the  building. 

And  Ginling,  too,  had  a  dream  campus  outside  the 
walls.  It  was  purchased  piece  by  piece — China  is  a 
great  cemetery  and  each  grave  mark  is  identified  and 
fenced.  The  students  themselves  had  started  groves  of 
trees  to  beautify  it  and  looked  forward  eagerly  to  the 
new  buildings. 

Ginling  students  are  making  a  fine  record.  The  col¬ 
lege  is  affiliated  with  Nanking  University  and  draws  its 
student  body  from  many  provinces  of  China. 

An  Attempt  at  Social  Service 

The  Ginling  girls,  as  soon  as  they  had  discovered 
themselves  and  each  other,  instead  of  “burying  their 
heads  among  books,”  raised  them  and  looked  across  the 
road  at  the  children  there.  Then  going  “East,  South, 
West  and  North”  (as  the  Chinese  say),  they  invited 

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their  little  neighbors  to  Sunday  School.  They  came, 
and  have  come,  more  and  more  ever  since.  Not  when  it 
rains — no — they  have  not  enough  clothes  to  risk  get¬ 
ting  a  wetting.  But  on  fair  days  the  little  school  has 
varied  from  fifteen  to  sixty-two  children.  On  Sunday 
afternoon,  long  before  two  o’clock,  the  great  Chinese 
hall,  which  is  used  as  a  chapel,  is  filled  with  tiny  tots. 
Then  if  you  walk  through  several  courts  to  the  Chinese 
classics  room  with  its  quaint  doorway,  you  wil  find 
another  group  nearly  as  large,  mothers  listening  to  the 
girls’  messages  of  home-keeping  and  simple  Christian 
truth.  Then  if  we  follow  the  girls  into  the  city  we  will 
find  them  in  humble  homes  teaching  Bible  classes  and 
in  community  centers  gathering  the  women  and  children 
around  them  for  instruction  in  subjects  relating  to  home 
and  to  social  life. 

Smith  College,  which  through  the  association  of 
Frederica  Mead  became  sister  college  to  Ginling,  has 
through  its  students  and  alumnae  put  up  the  social  ath¬ 
letic  building,  a  fine  achievement. 

The  Health  Centre,  under  Dr.  Merrow,  is  opening  the 
eyes  of  the  community  and  is  leading  able  girls  to  ef¬ 
forts  for  their  people. 

The  opportunities  that  are  afforded  the  graduates  of 
Ginling  College  for  service  are  illustrated  by  the  ex¬ 
perience  of  the  members  of  the  first  class.  Every  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  class  had  at  least  three  positions  offered  her 
during  the  spring  of  her  Senior  year.  About  half  had 
decided  to  teach  and  the  other  half  were  divided  in 
their  plans  between  evangelistic  work  and  the  study  of 
medicine. 


WOMAN’S  CHRISTIAN  COLLEGE— TOKYO 


In  April  1918  the  Woman’s  Christian  College  in  Japan 
opened  its  doors  in  a  small  wooden  building  belonging 
to  the  Presbyterian  Church.  It  has  made  history  rap¬ 
idly  and  at  this  moment  of  Japan’s  tragedy  we  look 
with  deep  interest  on  the  development  of  this,  the 
youngest  of  the  colleges.  We  are  thankful  that  the  ris¬ 
ing  buildings  were  not  injured  by  earthquake  or  by  fire. 
The  college  is  located  ten  miles  from  the  center  of  the 
city.  We  quote  from  an  account  of  the  opening  of  this 
college. 

“That  the  Woman’s  Christian  College  is  having  a  tre¬ 
mendous  influence  in  awakening  the  minds  and  hearts 
of  young  Japanese  womanhood  cannot  be  questioned. 
It  began  its  work  four  years  ago,  so  in  April  1922  it  sent 
out  its  first  graduating  class  of  sixty-four  young  women. 
The  Commencement  Exercises  were  held  in  a  tent  in 
the  garden  of  the  temporary  quarters.  New  buildings 
are  begun  on  the  permanent  site. 

As  we  write  the  news  of  the  terrible  tragedy  reaches 
us.  We  are  anxious  about  our  teachers  and  students. 
The  buildings  are  not  injured  and  the  funds  are  safe  in 
letters  of  credit  but  some  of  our  girls  will  never  return. 
Many  have  not  the  means  to  pay  their  expenses.  Oh, 
for  a  fund  to  aid ! 

“In  the  new  year  beginning  with  April  1922  one 
hundred  and  ninety-four  made  application  to  be  ad¬ 
mitted  to  the  college;  seventy-six  entered.  Thirty-two 
of  these  came  from  Mission  schools,  thirty-six  from 
government  schools,  and  eight  from  private  schools. 
The  total  enrolment  now  is  two  hundred  and  five. 

“On  the  day  of  the  formal  opening  in  1918  the  hall 


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was  packed  with  visitors  and  friends,  all  but  the  central 
section,  which  had  been  reserved  for  the  student  body. 
It  was  thrilling  to  see  those  eighty-four  girls  from  every 
corner  of  the  Empire  come  slowly  down  the  aisle  in 
double  file,  a  symphony  in  black  and  light.  They  were 
in  sober,  black  kimonos,  for  that  is  the  ceremonial  dress 
of  Japan;  their  hair  and  eyes  looked  as  black  as  their 
dresses,  but  on  every  one  of  those  faces  was  a  wonder¬ 
ful  light.  No  wonder  they  glowed — they  had  reached 
their  Promised  Land !  One  of  the  students  was  blind — 
the  College  will  surely  be  to  her  a  place  where  ‘the 
blind  receive  their  sight.” 

“There  they  sat,  this  first  class  in  the  College,  in  their 
plain  little  temporary  assembly  building,  its  only  decora¬ 
tion  the  Union  Jack,  the  Stars  and  Stripes,  and  their 
own  flag  of  the  Rising  Sun.  They  needed  no  other  set¬ 
ting.  The  sea  of  shining  black  heads,  Christian  and 
Buddhist  and  Shinto,  bowed  with  one  accord  as  the 
great  new  enterprise  began  its  career  with  prayer.  It 
was  a  prayer  of  thanksgiving  ‘for  all  hands  that  have 
cooperated  in  bringing  to  birth  this  hour/  Two  re¬ 
ports  of  the  College  were  given — the  one  in  Japanese 
by  Mr.  Nagao,  in  which  he  spoke  gratefully  of  “the 
dearly  loved  friends  in  America”  whose  financial  help 
had  made  such  a  day  possible ;  the  other  in  English  by 
one  of  the  foreign  trustees,  in  which  he  emphasized 
the  contribution  of  the  Japanese  in  giving  to  the  Col¬ 
lege  such  leadership  as  that  of  Dr.  Nitobe,  its  Presi¬ 
dent,  and  Miss  Yasui,  the  able  and  beloved  Dean. 

“It  was  not  easy  to  secure  the  funds  needed  for  the 
College.  A  desirable  piece  of  land  was  found  and  a 
letter  came  to  the  Co-operating  Committee  urging  its 


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purchase.  Funds  were  not  available,  and  the  opportun¬ 
ity  was  lost. 

“A  year  later  another  very  desirable  property  came 
on  the  market,  and  again  there  seemed  no  possibility  of 
securing  the  amount  needed.  A  remarkable  incident 
which  occurred,  during  the  meeting  of  the  Committee 
in  Atlantic  City,  April,  1919,  is  worthy  of  record. 

“The  Committee,  called  to  consider  the  appropriation 
of  a  rather  large  amount  for  twenty-four  acres  in  the 
suburbs  of  the  city  of  Tokyo,  hesitated.  Strong  argu¬ 
ments  from  Dr.  Reischauer,  Executive  Secretary  of  the 
Woman’s  College,  emphasized  by  Mr.  Schell,  who  had 
just  returned  from  Japan,  were  presented.  During 
the  discussion  a  gentleman  entered  the  committee  room 
and  sat  down.  No  one  knew  him  and  the  supposition 
was  that,  seeing  his  mistake,  he  would  go.  He  remained, 
however,  and  finally  as  the  committee  was  divided  as 
to  the  wisdom  of  asking  co-operating  boards  to  borrow 
the  money  for  the  purchase  of  the  land,  the  stranger 
rose  and  said,  ‘Pardon  me.  I  saw  the  notice  of  this 
meeting  on  the  bulletin  board  at  the  door  as  I  happened 
to  pass.  I  have  just  come  from  Japan  where  I  repre¬ 
sented  the  Chambers  of  Commerce  of  the  Pacific  Coast, 
hoping  to  secure  better  commercial  relations  between 
the  Pacific  States  and  Japan.  I  had  very  little  time  to 
see  what  missions  are  accomplishing,  though  I  am 
interested  in  Christian  work.  The  only  mission  work  I 
really  saw  was  this  Woman’s  College  at  Tokyo,  and  I 
saw  this  piece  of  land  which  they  are  so  anxious  to  se¬ 
cure.  I  wish  to  say  that  I  believe  this  college  will  do 
more  for  friendly  relations  with  Japan  than  all  the 
Chambers  of  Commerce.  Japan  cannot  enter  the  family 
of  nations  on  an  equality  until  she  revises  her  estimate 


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of  women.  You  might  well  expend  a  million  dollars  on 
this  enterprise  to  strengthen  friendly  relations  with 
Japan/ 

“The  gentleman  was  Mr.  Robert  Newton  Lynch,  Vice- 
President  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  San  Fran¬ 
cisco.  He  happened  to  be  passing  the  door  of  the  room, 
never  dreaming  that  this  particular  committee  was  meet¬ 
ing  at  that  time.  He  saw  the  notice,  and  went  in  unin¬ 
vited. 

“The  committee  was  deeply  impressed  by  this  incident, 
and  the  unexpected  message,  and  the  money  was  voted 
and  raised.  This  splendid  site  now  belongs  to  the  Col¬ 
lege,  and  the  buildings  are  rising.  The  land  since  the 
earthquake  is  valued  at  three  times  the  original  cost, 
since  many  institutions  are  moving  out  to  this  safety 
zone. 

“The  imperial  household  gave  a  first  building  which 
formerly  belonged  to  the  Peeresses  School.  Gifts 
amounting  to  $25,000  in  gold  are  also  pledged  by  Baron 
Shibusawa,  Baron  Mitsui  and  other  Japanese  friends 
to  whom  Mr.  Nagao,  a  prominent  Japanese  member  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  appealed. 

“One  of  the  most  encouraging  things  was  the  news 
that  Vassar  College  had  adopted  Toyko  College  as  a 
sister  institution.  And  that  this  means  more  than  mere 
good-will  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  the  students  of 
Vassar  this  past  year  contributed  something  over  $2,000 
to  the  work  of  the  College.  This  money  will  be  used 
for  permanent  equipment  and  so  the  gifts  will  be  a 
perpetual  reminder  to  the  girls  of  Japan  that  the  col¬ 
lege  girls  of  America  believe  in  them  and  seek  to  help 
them  achieve  the  best  in  life. 

“A  year  ago  one  of  the  faculty  prepared  a  question- 


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naire,  and  with  the  help  of  Japanese  colleagues  secured 
quite  complete  replies  from  218  college  girls.  More  than 
half  the  girls  who  replied  to  the  questionnaire  were  from 
the  Woman’s  Christian  College. 

“The  first  question  was :  ‘What  are  some  of  the  things 
fundamentally  wrong  in  society  which  you  hope  to 
make  right?’  Twenty-nine  girls  emphasized  the  ‘lack- 
of  general  moral  ideals.’  Twenty-five  declared  that 
‘people  must  be  true  and  righteous,  must  put  aside  ly¬ 
ing,  vanity,  and  hypocrisy.’  Seventeen  discussed  bad 
conditions  for  children,  birth  of  illegimate  children,  lack 
of  training  and  love  in  many  homes.  Forty-seven  de¬ 
clared  prostitution  and  the  geisha  system  to  be  the 
wrong  they  hope  to  make  right.  Listen  to  their  own 
words  (literal  translation)  :  ‘Men  corrupt  their  own 
personalities  with  lies  and  deceit,  and  think  it  is  all 
right  to  make  plans  which  include  lies.  If  people  were 
purified  of  deceit  there  would  be  no  war.’  ‘Men  and 
women  must  have  the  same  moral  ideals ;  there  should 
be  no  double  standard.’  ‘The  system  of  geisha  is  the 
shame  of  our  nation,  and  must  be  stopped.’  ‘When  fa¬ 
thers  drink,  the  children  are  handicapped — sometimes 
sickly,  sometimes  weak-minded.  Inheritance  extends 
to  generations.’ 

“The  question,  ‘What  point  in  Japanese  home  life  do 
you  consider  as  most  needing  to  be  changed?  How 
would  you  change  it?’  brought  a  spontaneous  outburst 
of  feeling,  as  well  as  thoughtful  analysis  of  the  problem. 
Forty-three  girls  say,  ‘Homes  must  be  made  demo¬ 
cratic.  The  position  and  rights  of  women  must  be  equal 
with  those  of  men.’  Twenty-seven  say,  ‘Fathers  are 
too  proud  and  selfish.  They  should  not  have  so  many 
special  rights.  Their  thinking  must  be  reconstructed.’  ” 


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With  the  growing  Christian  sentiment  of  college  wo¬ 
men  in  Japan  we  are  not  surprised  that  at  last  legal 
action  has  been  taken  against  geisha  girls  contracts,  that 
traffic  in  women  which  has  been  an  insult  to  Japan’s 
noble  women.  “No  more  such  contracts”  says  the  law. 

President  Pendleton  of  Wellesley,  who  visited  Japan 
and  China  two  years  ago  as  chairman  of  the  deputation 
of  the  Federation  of  Women’s  Foreign  Mission  Boards 
of  North  America  to  investigate  the  possibilities  of  these 
women’s  colleges,  made  the  following  statement: 

“Of  course  it  goes  without  saying  that  the  present 
buildings  and  site  are  entirely  inadequate  and  it  seems 
to  me  a  rather  large  sum  must  be  raised,  sufficient  to 
establish  the  College  in  the  new  site,  or  the  whole 
scheme  abandoned  altogether. 

“To  abandon  it,  in  my  judgment,  means  to  lose  the 
last  hold  that  Christianity  can  hope  to  get  on  education 
in  Japan.  As  I  see  it,  the  only  hope  of  a  really  demo¬ 
cratic  and  liberal  spirit  coming  to  the  front  in  Japan 
lies  in  the  Christian  education  of  the  coming  genera¬ 
tion.” 

Japan  needs  Christian  leaders  in  educational  work 
and  in  great  social  reforms  as  well  as  in  the  churches. 

At  the  great  luncheon  at  the  Bellevue-Stratford, 
Philadelphia,  Baron  Shidehara,  being  unable  to  attend, 
sent  his  representative,  a  Japanese  official.  He  spoke 
of  this  tie  between  the  women  of  America  and  of  Ja¬ 
pan,  and  said,  significantly,  “We  have  a  Japanese  pro¬ 
verb,  ‘Where  the  women  are  friends  the  men  do  not 
fight,’  and  so  we  believe  that  at  this  moment  of  discus¬ 
sion  of  international  relations  the  women  who  have 
aided  in  building  up  these  colleges  have  built  up  also 
enduring  friendships  with  sister  nations.” 


NORTH  CHINA  UNION  MEDICAL  COLLEGE 

FOR  WOMEN* 

In  China  there  is  an  average  of  one  doctor  to  every 
400,000  people.  The  average  in  America  is  one  to  every 
712.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  99  per  cent  of  all  the  people 
who  become  ill  in  China  are  entirely  without  competent 
medical  attention.  China  probably  affords  an  exhibition 
of  the  greatest  physical  need  the  world  has  ever  known. 
The  permanent  solution  of  this  is  only  to  be  found  in 
the  building  up  of  a  well  trained  medical  profession 
among  the  Chinese  themselves.  Three  Foreign  Mission 
Boards  foresaw  this  and  united  in  the  organization  of 
this  school  in  1907  to  help  in  meeting  this  urgent  need. 

This  College  is  located  in  Peking,  the  capital.  The 
women  who  have  been  graduated  from  the  College  are 
answering  in  a  splendid  way  the  varied  demands  upon 
their  trained  service.  In  1919  there  were  55  students 
coming  from  provinces  of  China,  Manchuria  and  Korea. 
Two  years  of  college  work  are  required  for  entrance  and 
a  year  of  interneship  in  a  recognized  hospital  is  needed 
before  a  diploma  is  issued.  In  June,  1918,  seventeen  were 
graduated,  all  Christians,  representing  eight  provinces. 

The  North  China  Union  Medical  College  is  the  only 
existing  woman’s  medical  college  in  China,  giving  instruc¬ 
tion  in  Mandarin  and  English,  and  it  is  the  only  woman’s 
medical  college  with  the  exception  of  the  Hackett  Medical 
College  in  Canton  where  the  instruction  is  in  the  more 
limited  Cantonese  dialect. 

Chinese  young  women,  facing  a  great  task,  say  “For 
country’s  sake,  for  our  sisters’  sake,  for  Christ’s  sake” 
and  hold  nothing  back.  Shall  this  devotion  be  wasted, 
because  we  fail  to  equip  them  with  the  very  best? 

*Now  a  part  of  Medical  College,  Tsinanfu. 


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THE  UNION  MISSIONARY  MEDICAL  SCHOOL— 

VELLORE 


There  is  one  more  school  included  in  the  benefac¬ 
tions  of  the  Joint  Committee  and  the  Rockefeller  me¬ 
morial  gift.  It,  too,  was  organized  in  April  1918.  One 
hundred  years  ago  the  first  medical  missionary,  John 
Scudder,  sailed  for  India,  and  from  his  Work  grew  the 
Arcot  Mission  to  which  he  and  his  descendants  have 
given  a  total  of  one  thousand  years  of  service.  A 
granddaughter,  Dr.  Ida  Scudder,  head  of  the  Mary 
Taber  Schell  hospital,  had  for  years  a  vision  of  medical 
training  for  Indian  girls.  With  the  co-operation  of 
other  South  India  medical  women  and  their  boards, 
notably  the  Lutheran,  Guntur,  the  American  Baptists 
in  the  Telugu  field,  with  the  Congregationalists  at 
Madura,  the  Medical  School  for  Women  was  opened 
in  Vellore.  There  was  fear  that  there  would  not  be 
enough  students.  The  British  Surgeon  General  en¬ 
couraged  them,  saying,  “If  you  get  six  girls,  begin.” 
The  medical  men  of  South  India  also  needed  a  medical 
school  for  men,  but  their  leaders  said,  in  effect,  “Ladies 
first,”  in  that  country  where  the  Hindu  religion  has  said 
for  centuries,  “Ladies  last.”  The  call  went  out,  and 
instead  of  “six,”  sixty-nine  applied.  Only  eighteen 
could  be  admitted.  In  1920,  178  applied  and  only  twen¬ 
ty-eight  could  be  accommodated.  Many  were  unpre¬ 
pared,  but  150  eager  women  were  turned  away.  Good 
news  came  in  1922  of  the  graduation  of  the  first  class. 
Fourteen  out  of  the  eighteen  had  persisted  and  re¬ 
ceived  their  degree,  “Sub-assistant  surgeon.”  They 
have  been  eagerly  welcomed  in  missions  and  hospitals 
and  others  are  waiting  for  classes  to  be  graduated. 


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Without  buildings,  with  a  small  faculty,  the  girls  have 
out  ranked  the  men  of  South  India.  Out  of  four  hun¬ 
dred  men  who  went  up  for  examinations  eighty,  20% 
of  the  whole  number,  secured  degrees.  Of  our  fourteen 
girls  93%  were  successful,  as  only  one  failed,  while  one 
stood  at  head  of  the  presidency  in  obstetrics,  one  has 
the  gold  medal  in  anatomy,  and  all  were  in  the  first  half 
of  the  list,  “making  us  fear,”  said  the  Surgeon  General, 
“that  the  girls  are  setting  a  standard  too  high  for  the 
men.” 

It  being  universally  accepted  by  Hindu  and  Moslem 
alike  in  India  that  woman  is  destitute  of  soul  or  of 
virtue,  woman  of  the  higher  castes  are,  as  a  rule, 
immured  for  life  with  zenana,  or  harem,  in  what  Kipling 
calls  a  worse  than  penal  confinement.  Do  not  imagine 
these  child-wives  as  Oriental  beauties  living  in  luxuri¬ 
ous  delight;  they  are,  for  the  most  part,  poorly  and 
plainly  clad ;  they  sit  on  mud  floors  in  the  darkest  and 
dirtiest  apartments  in  the  Indian  establishment.  They 
are  ignorant,  apathetic,  forced  by  the  very  logic  of  the 
situation  to  gossip  and  intrigue. 

The  native  school  on  native  ground  for  the  training  of 
the  native  woman  in  medicine  stands  out  as  the  achieve¬ 
ment  of  the  hour  in  India.  , 

The  government  of  India  is  heartily  in  sympathy  with 
the  proposition  and  has  endeavored  to  meet  the  need 
in  some  of  its  medical  schools  for  men.  Society,  how¬ 
ever,  is  not  ready  for  the  education  of  women  with  men 
in  medical  schools  and  the  experiment  has  been  unsuc¬ 
cessful.  The  government,  acknowledging  the  failure, 
then  turned  to  the  few  women  doctors  under  missionary 
auspices  and  urged  them  to  proceed  with  their  plans  as 
with  them  the  girls  can  be  more  or  less  sheltered  and 


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under  high  Christian  and  moral  influences  during  their 
period  of  medical  education. 

“The  World  Was  Made  for  Women,  Too” 

This  is  the  motto  above  the  door  of  the  first  Woman’s 
Club  in  India.  Among  religious  leaders  the  Founder 
of  Christianity  alone  recognized  woman;  nineteen  cen¬ 
turies  after  His  coming,  fifty  millions  of  us  are,  in  the 
main,  safe,  comfortable  and  well  cared  for,  while  the 
great  multitude  of  other  women  beat  with  helpless  hands 
against  our  closed  doors  and  beg  that  we  will  free  them. 
Here  is  our  opportunity  again  for  Internationalism. 
A  chairman  of  a  local  League  of  Women  Voters  said, 
“Why  does  not  the  law  stop  these  frightful  conditions 
in  India?”  She  did  not  realize  that  the  only  laws  that 
protect  womanhood  have  come  from  the  law  of  Christ. 

The  Christian  woman  doctor  from  Vellore  finds  ready 
admission  to  the  homes  of  India  in  which  no  other  mis¬ 
sionary  could  be  received.  She  gains  the  confidence, 
respect,  gratitude  and  affection  of  the  secluded  women. 
They  listen  to  the  story  of  the  Great  Physician  from  her 
lips  as  with  her  hands  she  ministers  to  their  suffering 
bodies. 

A  clever  prophecy  written  by  one  of  the  graduates 
for  the  Class  Day  when  the  girls  carried,  not  daisy,  but 
jessamine  chains,  describes  with  wit  and  good  spirit 
the  future  of  the  graduates  in  which  one  of  the  girls 
appears  as  a  future  Surgeon  General  of  India. 

The  Government  has  given  a  beautiful  site  at  nominal 
cost.  The  buildings  are  all  pledged  and  begin  to  rise. 
Distinguished  women  are  joining  the  faculty. 

One  hundred  and  sixty-four  million  women — 159  wo- 


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men  doctors !  And  only  a  woman  doctor  can  attend  the 
secluded  women  of  India.  Do  we  not  need  a  medical 
school  for  women?  The  great  hospital  is  the  gift 
of  the  Weyerhauser  family.  The  main  building  is  to 
be  named  The  Laura  Spelman  Rockefeller  Memorial  and 
the  Children’s  Hospital  will  be  called  the  Ellen  B. 
Scripps  Hospital. 


THE  COMMITTEE  ON  BUILDING  FUND 


THE  CAMPAIGN 

There  seems  no  other  word.  It  was  a  campaign  and 
was  carried  on  in  the  main  by  women,  though  they 
had  notable  and  valuable  aid  from  men.  On  the  Col¬ 
lege  Boards  they  have  counted  such  men  as  Dr.  James 
L.  Barton,  chairman  of  the  Joint  Committee,  Dr.  Robert 
E.  Speer,  Dr.  Frank  Mason  North,  with  treasurers  like 
Mr.  Carter,  of  Ginling,  Mr.  Potter,  of  Japan,  Mr.  Bow¬ 
man,  of  Yenching,  and  Dr.  Chamberlain,  of  Vellore 
and  Madras.  It  has  been  a  joy  and  blessing  to  have  the 
advice  and  encouragement  of  these  men.  Dr.  Barton 
was  one  of  the  main  factors  in  the  original  plan  for  the 
Joint  Committee  and  has  given  the  greatest  assistance 
to  the  Committee. 

Back  of  it  all  was  the  unseen  power  loosed  by  prayer, 
not  only  prayers  of  the  women  of  America  but  those 
of  leaders  on  the  field  and  girls  who  waited  eagerly, 
praying  for  the  day  when  there  would  be  room  for  them 
in  the  new  colleges.  This  factor  all  have  recognized, 
for  from  the  human  side  the  task  seemed  impossible. 
We  believe  that  united  prayer  has  been  the  force  that 
won  success.  Over  and  over  human  plans  and  hopes 
failed  or  were  only  partially  successful.  We  at  last 
came  to  the  sure  knowledge  that  “God  was  on  the  field 
when  He  was  most  invisible.”  At  first  it  seemed  that 
so  many  Boards  and  women  could  not  fail,  but  Boards 
were  more  than  ordinarily  burdened,  many  could  only 
help  indirectly,  some  could  not  help  at  all,  and  some 
could  only  lend  their  interest  and  such  women  as  could 
be  spared  for  very  limited  service.  It  was  a  constant 


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Women  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  31 

surprise  to  find  out  God’s  reserves  and  His  directions 
for  a  campaign  of  this  sort.  One  worker  who  travelled 
almost  constantly,  found  her  “Daily  Light”  an  indis¬ 
pensable,  never-failing  guide.  In  a  dirty  noisy  hotel  in 
a  frontier  town  at  the  close  of  a  hopeless  meeting,  at 
the  midnight  hour,  a  zero  hour  of  loneliness  and  depres¬ 
sion,  this  flash  of  light  left  her  heart  aglow.  They 
were  the  Master’s  words  “And  He  that  hath  sent  me  is 
with  me,  the  Father  hath  not  left  me  alone  if  I  do  those 
things  which  are  well  pleasing  in  His  sight.”  An¬ 
other  hour  just  before  the  close  of  the  campaign  when 
a  large  amount  of  money  still  was  lacking,  nearly  $400,- 
000,  and  the  local  situation  was  discouraging,  the  tempta¬ 
tion  came  through  sheer  weariness  to  give  it  up.  But 
that  very  day  came  the  message  in  the  daily  textbook, 
“Let  us  run  with  patience  the  race  that  is  set  before  us 
looking  unto  Jesus  the  author  and  finisher  of  our  faith.” 
Who  could  give  up  a  task  when  He  is  finisher  as  well 
as  author? 

Looking  back  over  all  the  way,  the  mistakes  and 
failures  are  obvious,  but  through  all  shine  the  love  and 
patience  and  blessedness  of  Divine  leadership. 

Human  co-operation  was  remarkable  as  well.  Busy 
women  added  this  one  thing  more.  How  they  worked 
and  how  all  loved  working  together.  Not  much  time 
was  spent  in  planning  a  complete  organization  or  per¬ 
fect  co-ordination.  There  were  too  many  kinds  and  such 
diverse  methods.  The  women  must  work  in  their  own 
accustomed  ways  and  according  to  their  own  form  or 
organization,  in  the  ten  Denominational  Boards,  seven 
College  Boards,  the  Federation,  state  and  city  committees, 
local  circles  and  countless  individuals.  There  was  not 
time  to  educate  them  in  working  together,  but  the  work 


32  Women  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

itself  was  an  education.  Doubtless  the  organization  was, 
for  several  reasons,  an  “inefficient  machine,”  but  it 
was  successful,  unlike  the  “beautiful  operation’5  where 
the  patient  died.  We  had  rather  poor  organization 
where  we  would  have  been  glad  of  better,  but  we  had 
infinite  joy  in  it  all  and  the  colleges  are  cared  for. 

It  was  in  the  fall  of  1920  that  the  Joint  Committee 
on  Women’s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  ap¬ 
pointed  a  special  Building  Fund  Committee  consisting 
of  three  members,  Miss  Hodge,  Miss  Bender  and  Mrs. 
Peabody,  to  take  up  the  plan  for  securing  the  funds, 
approximately  three  million  dollars,  for  the  seven  union 
colleges.  Mrs.  Peabody  was  appointed  by  the  Joint 
Committee  chairman  of  this  Building  Fund  Committee. 
Mr.  Russell  Carter,  treasurer  of  Ginling  College  Board, 
was  elected  treasurer.  Later  two  other  representatives 
were  added  to  the  Building  Fund  Committee,  Dr  Cham¬ 
berlain,  representing  the  Reformed  Church  in  America, 
and  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  Madras  and  Vellore, 
and  Dr.  Barton,  chairman  of  the  Joint  Committee, 
representing  the  Congregationalist  women,  and  chair¬ 
man  of  Vellore  and  Madras,  so  covering  the  five  Boards 
most  concerned. 

Plans  were  made  for  a  campaign  in  the  fall  of  1920, 
extending  to  Christmas,  culminating  in  the  call  for  an 
International  Christmas  Gift  of  $10  shares.  The  re¬ 
ceipts  from  this  campaign  amounted  to  something  over 
$500,000,  of  which  approximately  half  came  as  direct 
gifts  from  the  boards,  as  shown  by  Mr.  Carter’s  ac¬ 
counts.  In  small  and  large  gifts  $217,000  was  received 
outside  of  the  direct  denominational  appropriations. 

Before  beginning  the  campaign  in  1920  the  chairman 
of  the  Building  Fund  Committee,  at  the  request  of  the 


W omen s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  S'6 

committee,  had  consulted  with  the  secretary  of  the 
Laura  Spelman  Rockefeller  Memorial  Fund  regarding 
a  special  gift  from  that  fund  to  the  amount  of  one  mil¬ 
lion  dollars.  The  attorney  felt  there  was  need  of  special 
investigation  before  the  pledge  was  given.  While  there 
was  strong  hope  that  it  might  come  no  assurance  was 
given  until  February,  1921,  after  the  first  campaign  had 
closed.  This  was  a  decided  handicap,  but  the  only 
thing  to  do,  was  to  proceed  without  a  definite  reply  from 
the  Fund  and  leave  it  to  be  settled  after  the  trustees 
were  assured  that  the  cause  ought  to  receive  so  large  a 
gift.  There  were  frequent  conferences  regarding  the  situ¬ 
ation,  and  President  Pendleton,  who  had  paid  a  visit 
to  the  colleges  in  China  and  Japan,  accompanied  the 
committee  to  the  office  of  the  Laura  Spelman  Rocke¬ 
feller  Memorial  Fund,  and  questions  were  answered  re¬ 
garding  the  needs  of  the  institutions.  Later,  Dr.  Barton 
and  Dr.  Speer  appeared  before  the  trustees.  When  the 
final  answer  came  the  trustees  agreed  to  give  an  amount 
slightly  less  than  the  million  dollars  asked,  $946,666,  if 
the  Joint  Committee  would  secure  $2  to  their  $1,  ap¬ 
proximately  $1,893,332.  They  were  unwilling  to  admit 
any  endowment  funds  or  government  grants  and  also,  as 
they  had  had  already  made  a  large  investment  in  a  high 
grade  medical  school  in  Peking  which  was  to  open  its 
doors  to  women,  they  were  unwilling  to  include  any  wo¬ 
men’s  medical  school  in  China  in  the  plans.  The  Joint 
Committee  gladly  accepted  this  offer  and  it  is  so  re¬ 
corded  in  its  minutes. 

At  the  close  of  the  first  period  of  the  campaign,  Jan¬ 
uary  1,  1922,  the  Laura  Spelman  Rockefeller  Memorial 
Fund  paid  over  to  Mr.  Carter  the  sum  of  $250,000  on 
his  certification  of  $500,000  then  in  hand. 


34  Women  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

After  this  first  period  of  the  campaign  in  1920,  realiz¬ 
ing  that  valuable  time  was  being  lost,  and  that  the  col¬ 
leges  might  fail  to  secure  certain  pieces  of  land  and 
materials  which  were  necessary  to  the  project,  and  be¬ 
cause  of  favorable  exchange,  the  Trustees  of  the  Fund 
were  asked  if  they  would  pay  on  certification  of  each 
$100,000  secured,  the  sum  of  $50,000.  This  they  gener¬ 
ously  agreed  to  do. 

In  the  initial  statement  to  the  Trustees  of  the  Laura 
Spelman  Rockefeller  Fund,  it  was  proposed  that  the 
Boards  should  raise  one  million  dollars  through  direct 
appropriation,  that  one  million  dollars  should  be  se¬ 
cured  through  a  campaign  for  special  gifts,  and  that  the 
Laura  Spelman  Rockefeller  Memorial  Fund  should  give 
one  million  dollars. 

At  the  close  of  the  first  campaign  it  seemed  very 
important  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Building  Fund  Com¬ 
mittee  that  there  should  be  some  definite  action  regard¬ 
ing  the  appeal  for  the  seven  colleges.  Since  the  trustees 
had  been  unwilling  to  give  to  any  women’s  medical 
college  in  China,  and  the  statement  was  made  that  we 
were  receiving  one  dollar  for  two  dollars,  in  the  interest 
of  accuracy  it  seemed  to  some  of  the  Committee  that 
it  would  be  better  to  defer  the  appeal  for  the  North 
China  Medical  School.  This  was  strengthened  by  the 
fact  that  there  was  serious  question  about  its  remaining 
in  Peking.  It  was  decided  that  with  this  and  other  ques¬ 
tions  it  was  desirable  that  there  be  a  Finance  Committee. 
It  was  impossible  for  the  Joint  Committee  to  meet  often 
or  for  long  sessions.  The  Joint  Committee  therefore 
appointed  the  present  Finance  Committee,  Dr.  Barton, 
Dr.  North,  Dr.  Chamberlain,  Mr.  Day,  Mrs.  Frank 
Gaylord  Cook,  in  February,  1921,  to  take  up  all  points 


W omen  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  35 

under  discussion,  and  to  report  to  the  Joint  Committee. 
It  has  been  of  the  greatest  value  to  have  such  a  com¬ 
mittee  which  could  consider  some  of  the  difficult  ques¬ 
tions  which  emerged  in  a  campaign  involving  so  many 
Boards. 

In  the  first  presentation  of  the  matter  to  the  Trustees 
of  the  -Fund  the  general  plan  mentioned,  one  million 
dollars  from  them,  one  million  from  the  Boards,  and  one 
million  from  the  campaign,  was  the  only  plan  stated. 
The  Joint  Committee  therefore  voted  to  proceed  on  the 
three  million  dollar  basis  and,  in  order  to  be  honest  in 
their  statements,  voted  that  the  North  China  Medical 
School,  which  had  been  admitted  in  the  first  campaign, 
be  starred  and  the  explanation  made  in  the  literature 
sent  out.  This  has  been  carried  out  as  the  committee 
voted.  When  inquiries  came,  explanation  was  made  and 
in  almost  every  case  boards,  individuals  and  state  com¬ 
mittees  chose  to  work  for  the  winning  of  The  Laura 
Spelman  Rockefeller  Fund  pledge. 

After  the  first  campaign,  it  did  not  seem  possible  for 
the  chairman  to  continue  the  work.  At  the  urgent 
request  of  the  committee  she  withdrew  her  resignation, 
as  there  were  no  candidates  for  the  position  and  another 
campaign  was  planned  in  the  fall  of  1921.  While  in 
the  previous  effort  elaborate  machinery  and  programs 
were  not  arranged,  the  Committee  was  compelled  to  re¬ 
vise  its  plans  and  proceeded  to  arrange  for  one  hundred 
“College  Days,”  with  luncheons  and  mass  meetings 
throughout  the  country  in  the  large  cities  during  the  year 
November,  1922,  to  December  31,  1923,  eliminating  Can¬ 
ada  and  the  South,  since  those  Boards  did  not  feel  they 
could  undertake  the  campaign  and  preferred  to  make 
definite  appropriations  from  their  funds.  The  Board  of 


36  W omens  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

Foreign  Missions  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
decided  to  write  an  appropriation  of  $235,000  in  its 
budget  as  its  share  of  the  Fund  for  the  six  colleges,  but 
entered  heartily  into  the  campaign  which  would  help  to 
raise  this  amount  and  to  share  in  any  other  amounts 
that  might  be  secured. 

It  is  not  possible  to  make  a  report  of  all  these  lunch¬ 
eons  and  mass  meetings  which  have  been  held  through¬ 
out  the  country.  More  than  one  hundred  luncheons  were 
given  in  the  larger  cities,  of  which  the  Chairman  at¬ 
tended  more  than  ninety  and  still  lives.  A  few  are  typi¬ 
cal.  The  National  Capital  had  the  first  College  Day, 
and  a  luncheon  was  given  the  Saturday  preceding  the 
Conference  on  the  Limitation  of  Armaments.  The  whole 
plan  was  made  in  three  weeks  and  carried  out  in  such 
an  admirable  way  that  it  furnished  excellent  publicity 
for  the  whole  campaign.  It  began  with  a  tea  given  by 
Mrs.  William  Frazer  McDowell.  The  fact  that  Mrs. 
Hughes,  Mrs.  Coolidge  and  Mrs.  Lansing  assisted  the 
committee,  that  Madam  Sze  and  Madam  Koo  of  the 
Chinese  Legation,  and  Madam  Yajima  of  Japan  were 
guests,  that  Mrs.  Radcliffe  was  chairman  and  Mrs. 
Baker  in  charge  of  publicity,  secured  the  presence  of 
most  of  the  women  of  the  Cabinet  at  the  luncheon,  with 
many  of  the  notable  people  in  Washington.  While  it 
helped  in  launching  the  campaign,  it  helped  also  to  im¬ 
press  some  of  the  leaders  of  our  national  life  with  the 
importance  of  the  foundations  laid  by  the  Women’s 
Foreign  Missionary  Societies.  The  Committee  found 
at  the  outset,  and  has  proven  throughout,  that  united 
effort,  not  only  the  interdenominational  aspect  but  the 
bringing  together  of  all  the  institutions  for  which  we 
were  appealing  under  one  head,  was  of  the  greatest 


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value.  Mrs.  Hughes,  when  asked  to  join  the  Committee 
asked,  “Are  these  colleges  sectarian  ?”  When  she  re¬ 
ceived  the  literature  and  understood  the  plan,  she  said, 
“An  effort  for  sectarian  colleges  for  women  in  the  Orient 
would  have  no  appeal  for  me,  but  I  should  be  glad  to 
help  in  any  way  within  my  power  along  these  lines.,, 
A  room  has  been  named  by  the  College  Club  of  Wash¬ 
ington  in  Tokyo,  in  memory  of  Miss  Helen  Hughes,  of 
Vassar  College,  Tokyo’s  sister  college. 

THE  NEW  YORK  LUNCHEON 

The  beginnings  were  discouraging,  but  under  the  in¬ 
spiring  leadership  of  Mrs.  James  Madison  Pratt,  who 
attracted  leaders  like  herself,  the  plans  rolled  up  larger 
and  larger.  Certain  of  the  Committee,  notably  Mrs. 
William  Schell,  aided  financially,  and  an  admirable 
secretary  was  secured.  The  small  beginning  led  to  a 
great  ending  in  a  luncheon  for  one  thousand  five  hun¬ 
dred  and  fifty.  As  the  New  York  Times  reported  it, 
“Fifteen  hundred  women  and  fifty-two  men.”  At  the 
speakers’  table  were  Ambassador  Crane  of  China,  Mr. 
Thomas  W.  Lamont,  Mr.  John  Finley  of  the  New  York 
Times  and  Rev.  Harry  Fosdick.  Each  made  a  brief 
address,  straight  to  the  point,  and  Mr.  Schell,  after  a 
strong  appeal,  received  pledges  and  gifts  amounting  to 
$87,000.  Mrs.  Pratt’s  plan  of  hostesses,  who  were  each 
responsible  for  one  or  more  tables,  has  been  widely 
used  elsewhere.  The  occasion  was  worthy  of  the  great 
cause.  One  of  the  very  pleasant  features  was  the  pres¬ 
ence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  D.  Rockefeller,  Jr.  The  im¬ 
mense  amount  of  voluntary  service  that  goes  with  such 
an  undertaking  cannot  be  estimated. 


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New  York,  our  great  state,  required  a  good  deal  of 
organization  and  effort.  Going  through  the  state, 
Poughkeepsie  and  Newburgh  deserve  special  mention. 
Mrs.  William  Bancroft  Hill,  who  helped  to  organize  the 
Federation  of  Women’s  Societies  in  Poughkeepsie,  has 
been  an  outstanding  and  successful  leader,  while  Mrs. 
Downs,  who  assumed  a  forlorn  hope  when  she  consented 
to  take  the  state  late  in  the  campaign,  did  not  spare  her¬ 
self  and  went  from  city  to  city  arousing  interest.  Dr. 
William  Bancroft  Hill  proved  a  most  effective  speaker 
and  aid,  as  did  President  MacCracken,  who  realized 
from  his  own  experience  in  a  woman’s  college  what  these 
women’s  colleges  might  mean  to  the  Orient.  His  ad¬ 
dress  at  Poughkeepsie  described  the  colleges  as  light¬ 
houses,  without  which  these  nations  were  not  safe.  Vas- 
sar  College  cooperated  nobly  and  will  continue  to 
cooperate  through  its  student  body.  Rochester  had  vari¬ 
ous  vicissitudes  but  surmounted  them  and  is  entitled  to 
the  Rochester  Building  in  Yenching  College.  Buffalo 
was  not  able  to  secure  the  funds  for  a  building,  but  much 
good  work  was  done.  Albany  will  have  a  ward  in  Vel¬ 
lore.  Binghamton  stands  out  as  one  of  the  most  enthusi¬ 
astic  centers  and  will  have  a  ward  in  Vellore  Medical 
School.  We  cannot  enumerate  all  the  smaller  centers 
which  entered  into  the  campaign,  but  we  can  give  the 
grand  total  of  $267,788.85  from  New  York  state. 

Pennsylvania,  the  state  of  William  Penn,  with  its 
City  of  Brotherly  Love,  and  its  great  tradition  of  the 
Quakers,  the  people  of  peace  and  friendship,  took  the 
Woman’s  College  in  Tokyo.  There  was  a  fine  group  in 
Pittsburgh  working  through  the  leaders,  Mrs.  Jones, 
Mrs.  McConnell  and  many  others,  carrying  on  through 
all  the  countryside  and  into  towns  of  Western  Pennsyl- 


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vania  to  make  up  its  quota.  Warren  held  a  remarkable 
luncheon.  Harrisburg  worked  for  a  building  all  its  own, 
Scranton  held  a  great  luncheon,  and  Wilkes-Barre  one 
of  the  most  delightful  dinners  through  the  whole  cam¬ 
paign,  with  pledges  amounting  to  $10,000  approximately. 
Williamsport  is  entitled  to  special  mention.  We  wish 
we  could  mention  the  names  of  the  women  who  did  this 
work  locally,  but  it  would  take  a  whole  volume  if  we 
should  make  a  list  of  those  who  deserve  honorable  men¬ 
tion,  as,  for  instance,  the  chairman  of  this  group  in 
Wilkes-Barre,  Mrs.  Willman.  Mrs.  Harriet  Newell  Jones 
worked  through  the  state,  sending  literature,  stirring  up 
enthusiasm  in  hundreds  of  smaller  centers.  The  group 
in  Philadelphia,  led  by  Mrs.  John  Harvey  Lee,  assisted 
by  Mrs.  I.  H.  O’Harra,  Mrs.  Kynett,  Mrs.  Boyd,  Misses 
Peacock  and  Erskine,  with  other  outstanding  women  of 
Philadelphia,  put  on  one  of  the  most  remarkable  lunch¬ 
eons,  the  largest  with  the  exception  of  the  New  York 
luncheon.  The  Bellevue-Stratford  ballroom,  seating 
1,200,  welcomed  the  Women’s  Colleges  of  the  Orient. 
Dr.  John  Finley,  of  the  New  York  Times,  the  personal 
representative  of  Baron  Shidehara,  and  other  well- 
known  leaders,  were  among  the  notable  speakers. 
Pennsylvania  has  done  more  than  she  pledged  and  will 
have  a  great  place  in  the  making  of  the  new  Japan. 
We  are  sure  she  does  not  regret  it  since  the  awful  trag¬ 
edy,  and  the  women  who  helped  in  Pennsylvania  will 
always  thank  God  that  they  had  made  possible  this  col¬ 
lege  which  is  to  shape  so  largely  the  life  of  woman  in 
the  new  Japan. 

The  small  towns  did  remarkable  work.  A  check  for 
$520  came  from  a  small  lumber  settlement  where  a  com¬ 
mittee  drove  over  country  roads  securing  gifts  of  a 


40  Women’s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

dollar  from  many  women  who  generously  gave  that 
these  Oriental  girls  might  have  their  chance. 

Time  fails  us  to  speak  of  all  the  other  successful  and 
beautiful  luncheons,  countless  teas  and  meetings.  It 
was  a  great  gift  of  love  to  Christ  who  has  greatly 
blessed  American  women  and  an  act  of  friendship  to 
the  women  of  sister  nations  which  will  not  be  for¬ 
gotten. 

These  first  colleges  for  the  women  of  Asia,  the  “Seven 
Lamps”  were  lighted  by  Christian  women  who  took  as 
their  motto  that  of  Madras  College,  whose  seal  shows 
the  common  clay  lamp  of  India  and  the  inscription, 
Lighted  to  Lighten. 

The  appeal  was  strengthened  everywhere  by  the  fact 
that  most  of  the  states  in  the  north  organized  commit¬ 
tees  of  prominent  women  connected  with  the  Mission 
Boards,  churches,  women’s  clubs,  college  clubs,  and  such 
organizations  as  the  D.  A.  R.,  P.  E.  O.,  and  U.  D.  C.  In 
some  of  the  most  populous  and  difficult  states,  a  secretary 
was  employed  for  a  limited  time  on  a  small  salary  and 
did  the  work  of  organizing  committees  and  reaching  the 
smaller  towns,  securing  their  cooperation  with  larger 
towns  where  luncheons  and  mass  meetings  were  held 
and  speakers  were  sent. 

Young  women  were  especially  helpful  in  giving  the 
pageant,  “Lighting  the  Christmas  Candles,”  which  has 
been  presented  hundreds  of  times  and  secured  a  con¬ 
siderable  amount  of  money  in  small  gifts.  The  coopera¬ 
tion  of  the  Collegiate  Alumnae,  (A.A.U.W.),  was 
brought  about  through  the  attendance  of  its  secretary 
at  one  of  the  earlier  luncheons.  She  had  never  heard  of 
this  cause  and  was  immediately  impressed  with  its 
importance  in  the  development  of  college  women.  She 


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was  willing  to  come  on  the  Joint  Committee  as  Advisory 
Member,  as  did  also  the  president,  Miss  Ada  Comstock, 
then  Dean  of  Smith  College,  now  President  of  Radcliffe. 
President  Pendleton,  of  Wellesley,  has  not  spared  her¬ 
self  and  has  attended  many  luncheons,  giving  her  influ¬ 
ence  and  her  sound  logical  appeal  for  the  colleges  in 
Japan  and  China  which  she  visited  in  1918,  under  the 
Federation  of  the  Women’s  Foreign  Missionary  Socie¬ 
ties.  President  Woolley  of  Mount  Holyoke  and  Presi¬ 
dent  McCracken  of  Vassar  were  also  loyal  helpers. 

This  was  all  voluntary  service  and  meant  the  coopera¬ 
tion  of  organizations  which  had  never  worked  together 
before,  therefore  it  was  easy  to  overlook  any  mistakes 
and  failures  in  plans  and  to  rejoice  in  the  new  unity 
which  seemed  to  be  growing  up  between  our  foreign 
mission  groups  and  the  other  groups  mentioned,  some 
of  which  had  not  understood  the  scope  and  value  of  the 
work  and  plans  of  foreign  missions. 

It  was  interesting  to  find  in  some  of  these  city  groups 
Jewish  and  Roman  Catholic  representatives  who  were 
keenly  interested  to  give,  not,  perhaps,  from  our  stand¬ 
point,  but  from  the  general  desire  for  the  improvement 
of  conditions  among  these  Oriental  women. 

Dr.  Ida  Scudder,  who  came  in  the  last  four  months  of 
the  campaign,  with  her  appeal  for  medical  work,  was  a 
great  factor.  While  many  people  had  wished  to  make 
special  gifts  to  the  medical  college  at  Vellore,  because 
of  the  great  need  of  Indian  women,  without  any  ques¬ 
tion  Dr.  Scudder’s  appeal  greatly  aided  all  the  colleges. 
The  science  departments  in  these  colleges  are  essential 
to  development  of  any  woman’s  medical  work.  Those 
who  had  done  Red  Cross  work  during  the  war  were 
partially  prepared  for  this  new  movement  in  the  inter- 


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ests  of  physical  betterment  for  women  and  children.  So 
Vellore  Medical,  in  lifting  her  own,  lifted  others  as  well. 

Rhode  Island  completed  its  campaign  and  secured 
more  than  its  quota  through  the  efforts  of  Miss  Hilda  L. 
Olson  before  the  real  campaign  began.  Bacon  Hall  at 
Ginling  College  is  the  great  Rhode  Island  building, 
named  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Nathaniel  Bacon  of  Peace  Dale, 
chairman  of  the  R.  I.  Committee,  while  at  Vellore  is  the 
Rachel  Fillebrown  Nurses  Home,  and  the  operating 
theatre,  from  the  Free  Baptist  Church.  These  put  Rhode 
Island  easily  first,  according  to  her  size,  in  this  effort. 

The  second  campaign  began  in  Washington  the  first 
week  in  November,  1921,  and  closed  in  San  Diego, 
California,  December  8,  1922;  three  months  in  the  first 
period  and  thirteen  in  the  second. 

UNUSUAL  PUBLICITY 

Luncheons  and  meetings  furnished  the  best  possible 
publicity.  Local  reporters  were  glad  to  specialize  on  a 
luncheon  or  tea  or  drawing  room  meeting  or  dinner. 
A  call  was  sent  to  all  the  women  throughout  the  coun¬ 
try  urging  them  to  unite  and  insist  upon  proper  repre¬ 
sentation  through  the  local  press.  The  strength  of  the 
committees  made  this  possible  and  such  papers  as  The 
Chicago  Tribune,  The  New  York  Times,  The  Boston 
Transcript,  The  Philadelphia  Ledger,  The  Detroit  Free 
Press,  with  innumerable  others,  down  to  the  weekly  vil¬ 
lage  sheet,  gave  columns  of  space  and  editorial  notice  to 
this  new  movement  which  was  sweeping  over  the  coun¬ 
try.  •  Some  of  this  reporting  was  extremely  valuable  and 
informing.  Wherever  it  was  possible  to  secure  a  per¬ 
sonal  interview  it  was  done  and  the  reporters  were 


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urged  to  specialize,  not  only  on  the  local  social  side, 
but  on  the  condition  of  the  women  in  the  Orient  and 
their  eagerness  for  education  which  the  women  of 
America  were  trying  to  meet.  Remarkably  good  work 
was  done  by  the  women  reporters,  who  were  keenly 
interested  in  this  effort  for  women.  The  best  possible 
educational  aid  has  been  rendered  through  the  Asso¬ 
ciated  Press,  as  well  as  through  the  local  press  in  city, 
town  and  village  throughout  the  country  at  no  cost  to 
the  Committee. 

There  has  been  little  paid  publicity.  Only  two  or 
three  items  appear  on  our  expense  account.  The  religious 
press  has  generally  been  very  generous.  The  Delineator, 
with  a  circulation  of  over  2,000,000,  accepted  an  illus¬ 
trated  article.  The  Pictorial  Review,  with  a  circulation 
of  2,600,000,  in  February,  1923,  printed  the  admirable 
editorial  by  Ida  Clyde  Clark.  Articles  were  written  by 
Amelia  Josephine  Burr,  Jean  Mackenzie,  Caroline  At¬ 
water  Mason,  Abby  Gunn  Baker,  and  others  on  com¬ 
mittees,  and  were  syndicated  in  religious  papers.  They 
also  furnished  excellent  reading  for  women’s  clubs. 

The  leaflet  literature,  issued  by  the  committee,  fur¬ 
nished,  with  postage,  a  large  item  of  expense  in  our 
campaign.  Four  posters  have  been  widely  used,  a  beau¬ 
tiful  one  the  gift  and  work  of  Dr.  Dickinson,  whose 
daughter  is  a  teacher  in  Yenching.  The  pageant  fur¬ 
nished  information  and  called  people  together  in  hun¬ 
dreds  of  sm’hll  towns  where  a  speaker  could  not  be  sent. 
Booklets  were  issued  by  the  College  Boards,  although 
prepared  under  the  direction  of  the  Building  Fund  Com¬ 
mittee.  Several  editions  have  been  printed.  These  have 
not  been  circulated  so  freely  as  other  literature,  but 
have  gone  to  people  who  might  give  large  gifts  and  who 


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would  naturally  wish  to  know  more  in  detail  the  facts 
about  the  organization  and  progress  of  the  colleges.  The 
attractive  College  Bulletin,  issued  by  the  Student  Com¬ 
mittee,  has  had  its  fourth  issue  and  will  continue.  Leaf¬ 
lets  have  been  sent  out  in  great  numbers  to  the  chairmen 
of  committees  throughout  the  country  and,  personally 
distributed,  have  furnished  excellent  publicity.  The 
expense  of  printing  in  hundreds  of  thousands  and  send¬ 
ing,  often  on  a  hasty  order,  special  delivery,  parcel  post, 
has  entailed  much  work  and  large  postal  expense.  The 
leaflet  used  most  widely  is  known  as  the  general  leaflet, 
and  has  reached  400,000.  For  Dollar  Day,  150,000  cards 
were  sent.  The  bulletin,  “Progress  of  Campaign,”  was 
widely  used. 

The  stereopticon  lecture  was  prepared  by  Miss  Twila 
Lytton,  educational  secretary  of  the  Woman’s  Foreign 
Missionary  Society  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
who  was  lent  to  the  Committee  for  a  period  of  several 
months  to  assist  in  this  work  and  attend  meetings.  Miss 
Lytton  was  called  suddenly  to  a  vacancy  on  the  faculty 
of  Tokyo  college.  Ten  of  these  lantern  sets  were  ordered 
and  may  be  secured  from  the  College  Committees  or 
Boards  for  future  use.  With  slight  changes  in  the  word¬ 
ing  of  the  lectures,  they  ought  to  be  useful  in  securing 
funds  for  scholarships  and  equipment. 

SPECIAL  SERVICE 

Valuable  service  was  rendered  by  the  women  secured 
for  a  limited  time  for  intensive  promotional  work. 
Among  these  was  Mrs.  Abby  Gunn  Baker,  of  Washing¬ 
ton,  who  worked  so  admirably  in  the  campaign,  and  who 
was  asked  to  assist  the  chairman  as  national  publicity 


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secretary  for  three  months.  Her  articles  in  “The  Chris¬ 
tian  Herald”  and  many  of  the  denominational  papers, 
and  the  items  sent  out  to  the  state  committees  with  prac¬ 
tical  suggestions  for  dealing  with  the  local  papers,  made 
her  a  most  valuable  factor.  It  was  the  last  great  work 
of  Mrs.  Baker’s  life.  She  passed  away  early  in  Feb¬ 
ruary  after  several  weeks’  illness.  It  was  through  her 
efforts  that  the  National  Radio  at  Arlington  was  se¬ 
cured  with  the  service  of  Mrs.  Calvin  Coolidge,  wife  of 
the  Vice-President,  to  give  the  radio  message  early  in 
December.  Dr.  John  R.  Mott,  Bishop  McDowell  and 
others  also  assisted  in  the  campaign  with  radio  mes¬ 
sages.  Many  of  our  Board  leaders  were  indefatigable  in 
their  efforts.  A  great  host  of  voluntary  workers  shared 
in  the  service  and  rejoiced  in  the  success. 

We  were  able  to  secure  in  one  state  and  in  certain 
cities,  through  our  state  chairmen,  presentation  of  our 
poster  and  Dollar  Day  plans  in  the  local  movie  theatres. 

In  Wisconsin,  Mrs.  Thompson  of  La  Crosse,  the 
former  chairman  of  the  Council  of  Defence,  was  en¬ 
gaged  for  six  months  and  did  heroic  work,  using  as  her 
headquarters  in  each  center  in  that  great  state  the  Cham¬ 
ber  of  Commerce,  which  was  glad  to  give  her  every 
help  in  its  power.  We  can  never  forget  the  strenuous 
campaign  through  which  she  led  us,  thirteen  centers  in 
seven  days.  Dr.  Scudder  and  Miss  Gertrude  Dodd  gave 
royal  service.  The  worst  of  the  campaign  was  in  Wis¬ 
consin,  as  we  seemed  to  arrive  everywhere  at  two 
o’clock  in  the  morning  and  leave  the  following  day  at 
three  o’clock  in  the  morning.  Some  malign  influence 
presided  over  the  railroads  which  were  recovering  from 
strikes.  On  one  day  we  covered  150  miles  by  automo¬ 
bile  and  trolley,  went  without  luncheon  or  dinner,  spoke 


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in  Sheboygan  in  the  afternoon  and  reached  Racine  for 
dinner  in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  at  half  past  nine  in 
the  evening  after  the  audience  had  sat  from  half  past  six 
waiting  for  the  belated  party,  and  were  back  in  Mil¬ 
waukee  at  one  a.  m.  in  a  Greek  restaurant,  the  only  place 
where  food  could  be  found  at  that  hour. 

West  Virginia,  also  coming  out  of  a  serious  coal 
strike,  offered  a  hard  field,  but  has  brought  forth  good 
results  owing  to  Mrs.  William  Alexander’s  fine  efforts, 
added  to  the  work  of  Mrs.  Bond,  state  chairman,  and 
Mrs.  Robert  Reed,  president  of  the  International  Order 
King’s  Daughters.  This  organization  has  given  a  build¬ 
ing  to  Isabella  Thoburn  College  and  the  money  is  still 
coming  in.  They  had  hoped  to  secure  $5,000.  They 
have  really  raised  $15,000,  and  best  of  all  there  is  a 
new  international  interest  in  this  influential  group.  Miss 
Benedict  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  was  one  of  the  inspiring 
leaders  and  givers. 

Mrs.  Elmore,  of  India,  covered  Oklahoma  and  Kan¬ 
sas  and  did  good  work  in  Michigan,  Missouri  and  in 
Nebraska.  She  also  made  a  trip  to  the  Coast. 

We  were  able  to  secure  Mrs.  Hallie  Linn  Hill  for  a 
month  in  Southern  Illinois  and  Michigan. 

Mrs.  Harriet  Newell  Jones  gave  approximately  a  year 
to  the  working  of  the  smaller  centers  in  Pennsylvania. 
The  cities  were  under  large  committees.  But  the  results 
from  Mrs.  Jones’  work  in  many  smaller  towns  were 
great. 

In  California,  Mrs.  Paul  Raymond  was  able  to  give 
us  several  months.  California  has  been  an  extremely 
hard  state  in  which  to  do  our  work  and  the  returns  were 
disappointing,  but  some  of  our  largest  individual  gifts 


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came  from  that  state,  through  personal  effort,  and  she 
stands  fourth  in  the  list. 

A  valuable  worker  was  Miss  Eleanora  T.  Miller,  from 
Nebraska,  who,  with  her  small  Ford,  “Betsey  Ann,”  was 
able  in  six  months  of  work  to  reach  North  and  South 
Dakota,  Montana  and  the  state  of  Nebraska,  covering 
sixty-two  centers  in  the  last-named  state.  Her  report  is 
a  model. 


STATE  LEADERS 

Every  state  in  the  Union  is  represented  by  a  gift,  with 
Hawaii,  Canada  and  the  countries  where  the  colleges  are 
located.  How  can  we  express  our  appreciation  of  the 
value  of  the  wonderful  cooperation  with  the  various 
states  through  the  state  chairmen  who  gave  themselves 
without  reserve  patiently,  persistently,  effectively.  With¬ 
out  them  the  campaign  must  have  failed.  The  chairman 
of  the  campaign  can  never  forget  the  splendid  coopera¬ 
tion  and  devotion  of  state  and  city  committees.  Often 
when  the  task  seemed  impossible,  their  loyalty,  their 
hard  work  under  most  depressing  and  discouraging  con¬ 
ditions,  held  her  up.  We  still  feel  the  thrill  of  it  which 
will  excuse  the  intimacy  of  this  part  of  our  report.  It 
means  more  than  facts.  It  was  a  real  giving  of  life. 

We  must  speak  especially  of  some  of  these  women 
who,  even  though  they  were  carrying  heavy  loads, 
added  this  one  thing  more  and  made  a  triumphant  close 
to  the  campaign. 

We  were  not  successful  in  securing  strong  cooperation 
in  every  state,  but  those  that  must  receive  honorable 
mention,  beginning  with  New  England,  are: 

New  Hampshire  which,  under  the  leadership  of  Miss 


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Elizabeth  Sargent,  of  Concord,  did  more  than  its  quota. 
Miss  Sargent,  a  busy  high  school  teacher,  rallied  her 
forces  and  never  yielded  a  point  until  New  Hampshire’s 
battle  was  won. 

In  Vermont,  an  equally  faithful  worker,  Miss  Ada  A. 
Brigham,  of  Bennington,  worked  out  the  impossible. 

Her  own  personal  effort  and  gifts  supplemented  the 
work  in  the  state  which  was  difficult  for  many  reasons. 

In  Massachusetts  the  campaign  was  waged  by  several 
outstanding  leaders  and  in  several  centers.  In  the 
western  part  of  the  state,  Mrs.  Montgomery,  with  the 
chairman  of  the  campaign,  spoke  in  Fitchburg,  Pitts¬ 
field  and  North  Adams.  Boston  celebrated  first  with  a 
luncheon.  The  quota  for  Massachusetts  was  $100,000. 
It  was  difficult  to  secure  active  cooperation  in  some  of 
the  more  distant  centers,  therefore  the  state  committee 
was  concentrated  in  Boston.  A  May  Breakfast  was  given 
and  a  great  mass  meeting  in  Symphony  Hall.  There 
were  many  helpful  leaders  from  Mission  Boards  and 
College  Clubs.  We  must  speak  of  Mrs.  Brewer  Eddy 
and  Miss  Kyle  of  the  Congregational  Board,  and  Mrs. 
Nicholas  Burke,  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
who  served  as  chairman  of  the  Symphony  Hall  meet¬ 
ing;  also  Miss  Lucy  Sturgis  from  the  same  church. 
Mrs.  Everett  Fisk  led  the  College  group  and  also  was 
chairman  of  the  whole  Boston  committee,  made  up  from 
the  several  Boards.  Mrs.  Neil,  Mrs.  Carter,  Miss  But¬ 
ler  and  Mrs.  Huntington  represented  the  Methodist 
Board.  Miss  Olson,  the  treasurer,  worked  valiantly  to 
secure  the  money  as  well  as  in  taking  care  of  it,  as  did 
Mrs.  Crawford,  Miss  Hunneman,  Mrs.  Mason,  Mrs. 
White,  Mrs.  Pike,  Mrs.  Green,  of  the  Baptist  Board,  and 
hosts  of  others.  Needless  to  say  the  $100,000  became 


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$140,000.  The  gift  is  made  to  the  Science  Building 
of  Madras  Christian  College.  A  Massachusetts  woman 
gave  also  the  dispensary  for  Vellore  and  the  lovely  new 
Chapel  already  built  in  memory  of  an  “Unknown  Giver” 
at  Madras  College. 

Connecticut  was  a  little  slow  in  beginning,  but 
through  the  efforts  of  Mrs.  Delia  Lyman  and  her  fine 
committee  in  New  Haven,  a  ward  in  the  Vellore  hos¬ 
pital  will  bear  the  name  of  New  Haven.  One  of  the 
cleverest  bits  of  work  was  accomplished  there  through 
advertising  in  a  store  window  on  the  main  street  of  the 
closed  door  of  the  hospital.  A  little  newsboy  who  saw 
it  caught  the  idea  and  saying,  “Gee,  they  can’t  open  it 
till  they  get  the  money,  I’ve  got  to  sell  some  papers,”  he 
rushed  and  came  back  soon  with  his  returns  from  sales. 
In  Hartford,  Mrs.  Edward  Capen  rallied  the  forces  and 
Hartford,  too,  did  her  splendid  piece  of  work  so  that  in 
the  end  Connecticut,  while  she  began  late,  made  good 
for  the  Union  Colleges. 

A  little  gold  dollar  in  the  state  of  Maine  had  to  take 
the  place  of  an  active  committee.  Excellent  work  was 
done  by  Mrs.  Annie  Cobb  Smith  and  a  few  individuals 
who  secured  cooperation  through  the  state  though  the 
gifts  were  not  large.  This  letter  from  a  Maine  woman, 
we  reprint  here,  since  it  was  the  means  of  bringing  in 
through  the  campaign  in  special  gifts  from  other  states 
$10,000,  which  will  put  up  one  of  the  buildings.  The 
consecrated  dollar,  after  all  these  years,  has  done  a 
work  over  which  the  giver  must  rejoice  in  Heaven. 

My  dear  Miss  Olson : 

I  am  sending  you  $1.00,  registered  mail,  to  add  to  the 
fund.  You  will  see  by  the  date  that  it  has  been  a  keep- 


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sake,  and  perhaps  a  bit  of  its  history  might  be  inter¬ 
esting,  though  it  has  lain  in  its  same  wrappings  for  sixty 
years.  A  young  photographer  of  New  Sharon,  Me., 
enlisted  when  the  call  of  ’61  came.  Just  as  he  was  to 
leave  the  village,  he  wished  he  had  a  parting  gift  for  the 
young  postmistress  of  whom  he  was  very  fond;  not 
having  a  chance  to  make  a  purchase,  he  gave  her  a  gold 
dollar.  The  young  lady  wrapped  it  carefully  in  a  piece 
of  an  envelope  she  held  in  her  hand  and  placed  the  little 
gift  in  her  pocket. 

Years  passed,  and  the  brave  soldier  boy  came  back  as 
Lieutenant  Clark,  but  having  been  wounded  three  times 
and  lost  a  leg.  He  found  the  postmistress  waiting  for 
him  and  ready  to  take  his  name.  Only  five  years  of 
happiness  and  a  widow  and  baby  girl  were  left  alone. 

The  little  gold  dollar  was  often  shown  to  the  growing 
girl  and  stories  of  the  heroic  father  told.  It  was  planned 
that  the  little  gold  piece  should  become  a  piece  of 
jewelry,  but  the  time  never  came,  and  the  years  have 
gone  by  till  now  it  seems  fitting  that  it  should  be  added 
to  the  fund. 

About  forty-six  years  ago,  a  missionary  society  was 
formed  in  the  First  Baptist  Church,  Augusta,  and  moth¬ 
er  and  little  girl  became  members.  Membership  dues 
have  been  paid  each  year,  though  the  mother  has  been 
in  the  heavenly  home  twenty  years.  May  this  little  gold 
piece,  so  precious  to  her  because  of  its  association,  and 
to  the  daughter  for  the  same  reason,  be  blessed,  as  after 
all  these  years  I  send  it  forth  on  its  mission,  knowing 
both  father  and  mother  would  be  pleased. 

Most  sincerely, 

(Signed)  Annie  Clark  Palmer. 

Ohio  began  with  a  campaign  led  by  Mrs.  F.  I.  John¬ 
son,  who  took  time  from  her  very  heavy  task  as  leader 
in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  forces  and  planned  a  cam¬ 
paign  with  Miss  Twila  Lytton  and  the  chairman  of  the 
committee  through  Ohio.  As  this  did  not  bring  forth 


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full  results,  Mrs.  William  Alexander  undertook  later  a 
further  campaign  covering  Ohio,  West  Virginia  and 
Indiana,  with  the  able  cooperation  of  Mrs.  Felix  Mc- 
Whirter,  state  chairman  of  Indiana,  and  Mrs.  Charles 
Bond,  state  chairman  of  West  Virginia.  These  states 
have  made  a  good  record  and  we  find  the  list  of  the 
leading  cities  with  their  chairmen  and  committees  de¬ 
serving  the  highest  praise  for  their  cooperation,  and 
often  in  the  face  of  great  difficulty  and  without  the 
cooperation  of  some  who  might  have  made  the  task 
easier. 

Cincinnati,  Cleveland  and  Toledo  held  great  lunch¬ 
eons.  Mrs.  Charles  Blinn,  Mrs.  Thomas  Adams  and 
Mrs.  Charles  Prescott  with  Mrs.  Hiller  of  Springfield 
and  the  group  who  arranged  the  beautiful  luncheon  in 
Columbus  stand  out  among  the  leaders.  Each  city  had 
its  own  peculiar  charm. 

Michigan,  under  Mrs.  George  Caron  and  Mrs.  Mitch¬ 
ell,  together  with  a  strong  interdenominational  commit¬ 
tee  and  the  special  cooperation  of  the  Women’s  Federa¬ 
tion  of  Clubs  of  Michigan,  did  a  fine  piece  of  work.  The 
dinner  for  college  women  and  two  delightful  luncheons 
in  Detroit  with  later  meetings  made  the  state  service 
effective. 

Minnesota,  through  Minneapolis  and  St.  Paul,  ar¬ 
ranged  for  several  important  luncheons  and  dinners, 
our  church  women  leading.  Mrs.  Noyes,  Mrs.  Lindsay, 
Mrs.  Young,  and  Mrs.  Harris,  who  led  the  younger 
group  in  Minneapolis,  and  many  others,  deserve  special 
mention. 

Wisconsin  offered  a  problem  all.  its  own.  After  long 
effort  to  find  anyone  who  was  willing  to  take  the  work, 
a  great  luncheon  was  given  at  Milwaukee,  under  Mrs. 


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Courtney  Kitchell’s  supervision.  Later  Mrs.  Thompson, 
of  La  Crosse,  was  secured  for  state  chairman.  Her  able 
work  enabled  her  to  cover  nearly  every  center  in  the 
state.  The  publicity  was  remarkable  and  resulted  in  a 
building  in  Yenching  College  to  be  named  for  Luella 
Miner,  the  first  president  of  Yenching,  who  was  a  Wis¬ 
consin  woman. 

Mrs.  Felix  McWhirter  of  Indianapolis  assumed  the 
State  Chairmanship  of  Indiana  and  arranged  a  luncheon 
and  great  mass  meeting.  Other  delightful  luncheons 
were  in  South  Bend  and  Elkhart. 

Illinois  began  in  Chicago  with  two  great  luncheons 
and  its  splendid  committee,  made  up  largely  from  Na¬ 
tional  Boards  of  Women,  with  Mrs.  Oliver  Williamson 
as  chairman.  Mrs.  Williamson’s  illness  interrupted,  but 
Mrs.  Dixon  of  Oak  Park  led  the  forces  in  Chicago  and 
later,  when  things  seemed  most  difficult,  Mrs.  Andrew 
MacLeish  took  the  helm  for  the  state  and  worked  inde- 
fatigably  with  the  National  Committee.  Nothing  in  the 
campaign  was  finer  than  the  luncheon  in  Evanston  in¬ 
spired  by  Mrs.  George  Clarke,  President  of  the  Board 
of  the  Interior. 

Colorado  assumed  its  work  through  its  own  Boards 
for  the  greater  part.  It  was  difficult  in  these  great  west¬ 
ern  states  to  find  a  central  committee  which  could  do  the 
work  for  the  entire  state. 

We  have  already  referred  to  the  work  in  Nebraska 
by  Miss  Miller  and  Mrs.  Elmore.  Mrs.  Elmore  was 
repeatedly  called  away  to  do  the  work  in  other  states. 
Kansas,  Oklahoma,  Michigan  and  the  Pacific  Coast  were 
blessed  by  her  presence.  Her  own  experience  in  India 
had  made  her  realize  as  few  could  realize  the  desperate 
need  of  these  women  of  the  Orient  and  the  wonderful 


Women  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  53 

possibilities  if  they  could  receive  education  which  would 
enable  them  to  become  Christian  teachers  and  leaders. 
Miss  Miller’s  persistence  in  Nebraska,  Dakota,  Mon¬ 
tana  and  Wyoming  resulted  in  an  eleventh-hour  record 
which  was  superb.  Her  report  might  well  be  given 
in  full. 

Idaho  was  visited  by  the  National  chairman,  who  had 
an  interesting  meeting  in  Twin  Falls  and  another  in 
Boise.  It  was  not  possible  to  secure  a  state  committee, 
but  they  were  fortunate  to  have  a  state  chairman,  Mrs. 
W.  F.  Titus.  At  Twin  Falls,  the  Legion  invited  the 
Chairman  to  speak  at  a  luncheon  and  did  its  “bit”  on  the 
Fund.  Kiwanis  and  Rotary  Clubs  in  various  places  aided. 

In  Washington,  Mrs.  Harry  Foster  gave  the  first  en¬ 
couraging  note  in  the  very  first  meeting  held.  It  looked 
as  though  the  meeting  would  close  without  any  action. 
Mrs.  Foster  saved  the  day  and  among  our  state  com¬ 
mittees  none  deserve  higher  praise  than  the  great  state 
of  Washington.  When  the  chairman  visited  the  state 
again  and  met  in  Seattle  a  group  of  1,000  women  at  a 
luncheon  in  the  Masonic  Hall,  and  again  in  Tacoma  a 
great  host  of  women  under  the  leadership  of  Mrs.  John 
Weyerhaeuser,  and  others  in  Spokane,  Walla  Walla, 
Yakima  and  other  centers  and  found  the  women  so  re¬ 
sponsive,  she  realized  that  a  great  piece  of  work  had 
been  done,  first  by  Mrs.  Foster  and  then  by  Mrs.  Lee 
Wakefield  of  Seattle  and  Mrs.  W.  G.  Ramage,  of  Spo¬ 
kane,  who  in  the  later  organization  assumed  direction 
of  eastern  Washington.  Washington  has  done  more 
than  she  promised  and  one  of  the  dormitories  in  Yench- 
ing  will  bear  that  name.  As  we  think  of  that  group  of 
women  whom  we  met  in  the  committee  and  later  in  the 
great  public  meeting,  and  as  we  saw  the  splendid  accom- 


54  W omen  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

plishment  through  the  press  of  city  and  state,  we  realize 
the  power  of  these  women  on  our  Pacific  Coast.  A  room 
in  Yenching  was  given  by  the  wife  of  the  Chinese  Con¬ 
sul  at  Seattle,  who  spoke  delightfully  at  the  luncheon. 

Oregon  could  not  assume  so  large  a  building  as  Wash¬ 
ington,  but  will  be  represented  by  one  of  the  residences 
in  Vellore  Medical  College.  Mrs.  Charles  Williams 
added  to  her  heavy  cares  in  her  own  Presbyterian  Board 
work  the  organization  of  the  committee  and  did  excel¬ 
lent  preliminary  work  in  Washington  and  Idaho,  as  well 
as  in  her  own  state  of  Oregon.  Her  systematic  organi¬ 
zation  and  executive  ability,  with  her  beautiful  spirit, 
accomplished  remarkable  results.  Nothing  was  finer  in 
the  campaign  than  the  luncheon  with  850  women  pres¬ 
ent  in  Portland,  Oregon.  It  was  impressive  when 
the  Chinese  Consul  arose,  with  his  little  daughter,  who 
presented  a  check  to  the  National  Chairman,  pledging 
the  support  of  the  Chinese,  and  expressing  with  deep 
emotion  his  gratitude  for  the  great  gift  American  wom¬ 
en  are  giving  to  the  women  of  China.  He  was  followed 
by  an  address  from  a  young  Indian  who  thanked  the 
women  that  at  last  the  women  of  India  were  to  have 
medical  education  and  colleges  where  educators  could 
be  trained.  He  said,  naively,  “We  do  not  want  your 
missionaries  to  make  us  Christians  by  ‘hook  or  by 
crook/  but  our  women  do  want  these  colleges  where 
they  can  become  the  leaders  of  their  own  people.”  A 
group  of  students  from  India,  headed  by  the  British 
Consul,  had  come  up  from  the  Agricultural  college  in 
Oregon  to  attend  the  meeting.  It  was  an  excellent 
opportunity  to  explain  to  these  boys  that  the  colleges 
are  the  direct  result  of  those  “missionaries”  who  laid 
down  their  lives  for  the  women  of  India  that  they  might 


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have  opportunities  through  Christianity  which  Bud¬ 
dhism  and  Hinduism  had  failed  to  give  to  women.  Then 
came  the  lovely  group  of  Japanese  ladies,  too  shy  to 
express  themselves  in  public,  except  through  a  generous 
check  made  up  from  the  group.  It  was  interesting  to 
hear  reports  from  the  different  tables,  from  different 
groups  and  societies,  including  not  only  the  great  relig¬ 
ious  organizations,  but  Federated  Clubs,  educational 
groups,  P.E.O.,  Collegiate  Alumnae,  Browning  Society, 
New  Thought,  and  others.  The  dramatic  close  came 
with  the  gift  of  the  whole  amount  of  Oregon  pledged 
within  a  half  hour  at  that  luncheon. 

California  is  a  great  state,  and  difficult  to  reach  since 
it  is  practically  two  states.  Mrs.  Paul  Raymond,  who 
had  been  appointed  state  chairman,  gave  very  much 
time  and  most  careful  and  thorough  planning.  She  was 
unable  to  devote  her  entire  time,  as  the  tremendous  issue 
in  the  state,  relating  to  prohibition,  demanded  her  lead¬ 
ership  as  chairman  of  a  Committee  of  Five  Thousand. 
She  did,  however,  succeed  in  awakening  many  centers. 
California  has,  largely  through  individual  gifts  from 
southern  California,  taken  her  place  as  fourth  in  the  line 
of  states  giving  to  the  colleges.  One  of  the  loveliest 
meetings  was  in  San  Diego  under  the  direction  of  Mrs. 
Carl  Johnson  and  a  great  gift  of  $50,000  was  from 
Ellen  B.  Scripps,  of  La  Jolla,  for  this  “glorious  inter¬ 
national  adventure”  which  provides  a  building  in  Vellore 
and  one  in  Yenching.  Other  large  gifts  were  the 
residence  of  the  president  of  Yenching  College,  $23,000 
from  Mrs.  David  Gamble,  Pasadena,  $7,000  from  the 
college  groups  of  Pasadena,  $12,500  from  Mrs.  Nelson 
Wheeler  for  a  chapel  at  Yenching.  We  can  readily 
understand  some  of  these  gifts  since  Reginald  Wheeler 


56  W omen  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

had  been  a  teacher  in  Hangchow  and  was  appointed  to 
Peking  University,  and  Sidney  Gamble  had  done  heroic 
work  in  his  great  survey  of  Peking,  a  book  which 
should  be  known  in  all  our  missionary  groups.  Mrs. 
M.  C.  Treat,  of  Pasadena,  gave  the  one  building  from 
the  Pacific  Coast  to  Japan,  expressing  her  deep  interest 
and  desire  that  this  college  for  Japan  may  be  the  center 
of  thorough  Christian  influence. 

Coming  eastward  again,  we  touched  Oklahoma  and 
recall  the  charming  luncheons  in  Tulsa  and  Oklahoma 
City,  and  the  reports  from  Mrs.  Elmore  and  others  who 
toured  through  the  state.  Mrs.  Hendren,  state  secretary, 
with  her  fine  experience  with  the  Presbyterian  Board, 
made  the  assignments.  Mrs.  Ransom  of  Tulsa  accom¬ 
panied  Mrs.  Elmore  in  this  expedition  through  the  state. 
Mrs.  Robert  MacArthur,  Jr.,  of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  did  fine 
work  in  publicity  and  on  the  luncheon  committee.  We 
have  referred  to  the  contribution  of  “Harriet,1 ”  whose 
recipe  for  strawberry  shortcake  went  out  from  Mrs. 
MacArthur’s  home  and  has  brought  in  the  funds  for  the 
first  “memorial  kitchen.”  It  is  located  in  Vellore  School 
and  will  be  a  model  kitchen  for  South  India.  The 
thanks  of  the  committee  go  to  the  Oklahoma  Committee 
and  to  Harriet  for  this  incident  which  has  helped  many 
to  take  part  in  the  establishment  of  this  building.  It 
was  acted  upon  by  the  group  of  girls  at  Chambersburg, 
who  gave  the  amount  which  completed  the  building,  at 
their  Summer  School  when  Dr.  Scudder  spoke  to  them. 
At  luncheon  at  Mrs.  MacArthur’s  home,  the  Chairman 
enjoyed  a  delicious  shortcake  and  asked  if  she  might 
have  the  recipe.  The  trim  little  colored  maid  came  in 
and,  when  asked  for  it,  said,  “I  don’t  generally  give  my 
rules  away  but  I  heard  what  you  said  about  those 


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women  in  India  and  how  they  suffer,  and  if  you  thought 
anyone  would  pay  a  little  for  the  recipe,  I’d  be  so  glad 
if  you  would  get  a  little  money  from  it  and  send  to  help 
them.”  So  Harriet’s  shortcake  built  the  kitchen,  for 
her  interest  stirred  many  others  to  give  and  more  than 
$2,000  has  come  in. 

Kansas  with  a  wonderful  leader,  Mrs.  Benson  Powell, 
did  just  as  we  expect  Kansas  to  do,  went  ahead  and  won. 
The  chairman  of  the  committee  will  never  forget  the 
days  spent  in  these  states  and  the  friendships  formed 
can  never  be  broken.  The  luncheons  at  Topeka,  Wich¬ 
ita,  Kansas  City  and  other  centers  were  the  beginning, 
but  it  was  the  hard  work  of  following  up  in  every 
center  through  the  local  women  under  the  fine  direction 
of  the  state  chairman  that  won  the  day  for  Kansas. 

Just  over  the  line  is  Missouri  and  we  cannot  think  of 
Missouri  without  thinking  of  Mrs.  Judge  Latshaw.  She 
felt  she  could  not  undertake  it  with  all  the  other  cares 
of  her  Mission  Board  of  the  Christian  Church  and  im¬ 
portant  civic  interests,  but  she  took  it,  and  she  did  it, 
and  the  result  is,  after  two  years  of  persistent  effort, 
she  won  the  cooperation  of  the  women  of  western  Mis¬ 
souri.  They  “carried  on,”  and  the  Kansas  City  Peace 
Building  will  rise  in  Ginling  college,  a  memorial  to 
Mrs.  Latshaw  as  well  as  to  the  loyal  women  who  worked 
with  her.  One  of  the  most  perfect  of  all  the  luncheons 
was  in  Kansas  City. 

In  eastern  Missouri,  Mrs.  John  Hope  began  the  cam¬ 
paign  and  did  a  fine  work.  Her  own  Baptist  churches 
rallied  to  her  call  and  made  the  largest  contribution 
from  that  part  of  the  state  under  her  earnest  direction. 
Later,  Mrs.  Hope  assumed  another  part  of  the  work, 
handing  over  the  Chairmanship  to  the  Federation  of 


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Church  women  in  St.  Louis.  A  great  company  met  the 
chairman  of  the  committee  and  encouraged  her  when 
the  days  seemed  rather  dark. 

The  southern  states  did  not  cooperate  generally,  since 
*  those  Boards  were  either  not  actively  connected  with 
the  colleges  or  were  bound  by  Board  regulations  to 
make  their  gifts  directly. 

In  New  Jersey,  Mrs.  George  W.  Doane  carried  on  the 
work  as  state  chairman,  enlisting  groups  of  women 
throughout  the  state,  taking  time  from  a  most  busy  life 
to  stimulate  the  interest  and  work  up  the  fund.  New 
Jersey  was  more  than  successful  as  the  figures  in  Miss 
Olson’s  report  will  show.  Mrs.  William  Haven,  Mrs. 
Caleb  Green  and  Miss  Mead  who  cooperated  in  the  state 
know  that  it  was  not  an  easy  task,  but  those  of  us  who 
knew  the  women  realized  that  it  would  be  accomplished 
even  though  it  might  not  be  within  “human  possibility/’ 
A  splendid  report  from  New  Jersey,  which  did  “more 
than  it  could.” 

Of  some  things  we  are  certain,  that  united  effort  has 
the  special  blessing  of  God,  that  the  prayers  and  faith 
of  thousands  of  women  have  been  back  of  the  success 
of  this  campaign,  that  we  must  not  despise  the  day  of 
small  things  but  must  depend  in  large  measure  on  small 
gifts  of  many  people  to  keep  our  foreign  mission  enter¬ 
prise  a  living  one,  and  that  this  may  be  a  small  begin¬ 
ning  of  much  greater  cooperative  effort. 

We  are  convinced,  also,  of  the  educational  value  of 
such  a  campaign.  One  Board,  which  refused  to  cooperate 
because  it  feared  it  would  affect  its  general  treasury 
receipts,  has  been  the  first  to  say,  through  its  secretary, 
that  it  believes  the  greatest  gain  of  all  is  at  the  Home 
Base  in  the  new  attitude  toward  the  foreign  mission 


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enterprise  on  the  part  of  women  who  had  not  hitherto 
respected  it. 


FINANCE 

Out  of  the  Dollar  Day  experiment  we  learned  an  im¬ 
portant  lesson.  From  that  day  came  so  many  small 
gifts  from  little  places  that  could  not  have  undertaken 
a  large  amount.  If  the  Boards  had  been  solidly  behind 
it  and  made  clear  to  the  women  this  community  plan, 
the  results  would  have  been  marvelous.  In  very  few 
cases,  however,  was  this  done.  Where  it  was  tried  the 
results  were  remarkable. 

During  December,  notices  were  sent  of  all  unpaid 
pledges  which  had  been  sent  in  from  cities  and  states 
at  our  request  and  many  thousands  of  dollars  have 
come  in.  There  are  few  even  of  the  smaller  pledges 
now  outstanding,  and  they  are  still  being  paid.  There 
was  a  good  deal  of  confusion  since  we  received  from 
some  Boards  lump  sums  with  no  accounting  for  individ¬ 
uals  or  states,  who  are  eager  for  credit.  We  cannot,  in 
these  cases,  make  a  detailed  report,  but  must  refer 
givers  to  their  own  Board  Treasurers. 

A  Christmas  letter  and  check  went  out  as  a  final 
appeal  to  ten  thousand  individuals  and  brought  back 
returns  from  $1,000  to  many  of  $100,  $50,  and  very 
many  of  smaller  amounts. 

The  chairman  stated  to  the  Joint  Committee,  when 
she  undertook  this  larger  campaign  after  the  first  year, 
that  she  could  not  do  it  unless  the  office  could  be  near 
her  home  in  Boston  and  that  she  might  have  as  treasurer 
a  woman  who  was  well  known  in  her  own  denominational 
work.  Mr.  Carter  retained  the  name  of  treasurer  but 


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was  in  the  Orient  the  last  year  and  the  entire  respon¬ 
sibility  fell  on  Miss  Olson.  She  had  been  so  successful 
a  worker  as  voluntary  treasurer  of  the  New  England 
District  of  the  Woman’s  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mis¬ 
sion  Society,  and  had  secured  for  the  colleges  in  Rhode 
Island  more  than  its  quota.  Miss  Hilda  L.  Olson  was 
appointed  as  assistant  treasurer  for  this  campaign  and 
was  bonded  and  came  into  the  office  and  has  done  an 
incredible  piece  of  work.  Few  men  or  women  could  have 
carried  the  difficulties,  the  burdens  and  responsibilities 
of  this  financial  campaign  as  Miss  Olson  has  done. 
No  one  without  experience  in  missionary  societies  could 
have  worked  through  the  maze  of  technicalities.  Even 
the  firm  of  chartered  auditors  expressed  surprise  and 
delight  over  Miss  Olson’s  careful  accounting  and  care 
of  investments. 

Our  chairman,  also  the  chairman  of  the  Finance  Com¬ 
mittee,  Dr.  Barton,  has  been  invaluable  with  his  advice 
and  sympathetic  help.  Mrs.  Frank  Gaylord  Cook  was 
kind  enough  to  add  to  her  many  cares  as  treasurer  of 
the  Woman’s  Board  of  Missions  (Congregational)  the 
duty  of  countersigning  checks  and  has  been  much  of 
the  time  the  only  member  of  the  Finance  Committee 
with  whom  the  treasurer  could  consult. 

We  have  received  in  direct  appropriations  from 
Boards  approximately  $400,000,  of  which  a  certain  part 
was  raised  and  paid  to  the  Boards  through  the  cam¬ 
paign.  In  gifts  of  $1,000  to  $75,000  from  individuals, 
approximately  $400,000  has  been  raised.  The  remainder 
has  come  in  small  gifts  ranging  from  50  cents  to  $1,000, 
$400,000  of  this  non-denominationally.  Certain  colleges 
responded  during  the  first  campaign,  Wellesley,  Smith, 
Vassar,  Mt.  Holyoke,  and  Goucher,  making  definite 


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appropriations.  The  Student  Committee  has  done  faith¬ 
ful  work  but  has  not  secured  large  gifts  from  under¬ 
graduates,  owing  to  other  special  drives  in  the  colleges. 
A  good  foundation  has  been  laid  for  work  in  the  future 
through  the  earnest  efforts  of  Mrs.  D.  J.  Fleming  and 
her  Student  Committee.  We  must  not  fail  to  record  the 
able  assistance  given  by  many  Oriental  students  and 
leaders  in  this  country.  Dr.  Tsu,  Dr.  Hung  and  others 
were  among  the  most  effective  speakers.  There  were 
also  visits  from  Miss  MacDougall,  of  Madras,  early  in 
the  campaign.  Mrs.  Alice  Brown-Frame  won  many 
hearts  for  Yenching,  Mrs.  Thurston  saw  some  of  the 
earlier  hard  part  of  the  campaign,  and  Miss  Mead  was 
largely  instrumental  in  the  great  accomplishment  of 
Smith  College. 

Hindrances  were  many  and  of  infinite  variety.  Every 
college  in  the  United  States  decided  to  enter  upon  a 
drive.  Community  Chests  were  the  order  of  the  day. 
In  one  city  the  mayor  threatened  to  oppose  but  his  wife 
brought  him  to  terms  and  he  came  meekly  to  the  meet¬ 
ing.  One  of  our  charming  chairmen  was  eager  to  speak 
to  the  Contemporary  Club  and  was  finally  asked  to  do 
so,  but  on  the  Freudian  Theory  of  Psycho-analysis. 
She  went,  waved  a  clipping  from  a  paper  before  the 
audience,  saying:  “All  I  know  or  anyone  knows  on  that 
subject  is  in  this  magazine.  You  can  read  it.  I  will 
now  present  the  Union  Christian  Colleges  for  the 
Women  of  the  Orient.”  She  held  her  interested  audi¬ 
ence.  It  was  a  glorious  campaign  for  a  glorious  cause. 

In  closing  this  imperfect  and  informal  record  we  must 
speak  with  special  gratitude  and  appreciation  of  the 
great  gift  of  nearly  a  million  dollars  from  the  Laura 
Spelman  Rockefeller  Memorial  Fund.  Those  who  knew 


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Mrs.  Rockefeller  and  her  deep  interest  in  the  education 
of  women  and  in  missions  feel  that  her  spirit  was 
peculiarly  manifest  in  this  gift. 

The  Committee  cannot  express  in  words  its  apprecia¬ 
tion  for  the  courtesy,  sympathy  and  assistance  granted 
at  every  point  by  the  Trustees  and  Secretary.  The  per¬ 
sonal  interest  and  understanding  of  Mr.  John  D.  Rocke¬ 
feller,  Jr.,  chairman  of  the  trustees,  were  a  great  en¬ 
couragement. 

It  is  gratifying  to  know  that,  owing  to  the  large 
amount  of  voluntary  service,  the  expenses  of  the  cam¬ 
paign  were  only  about  2%  of  the  amount  raised.  The 
careful  investment  of  parts  of  this  and  the  use  of  let¬ 
ters  of  credit  resulted  in  interest  enough  to  meet  the  en¬ 
tire  expense,  so  that  every  cent  of  every  dollar  con¬ 
tributed  has  gone  for  the  colleges.  Special  gifts  and 
appropriations  from  interest  have  also  secured  a  con¬ 
siderable  amount  for  North  China  Medical  School, 
which  has  become  a  part  of  the  general  medical  school 
in  Tsinanfu. 

The  distribution  of  the  fund  raised,  approximately 
$2,900,000,  is  in  accordance  with  the  askings  and  needs 
of  the  College  Boards,  based  to  some  extent  also  on  the 
cost  of  land  and  of  building  in  the  several  countries. 
Those  who  desired  will  have  their  gifts  used  for  me¬ 
morial  rooms,  buildings,  alcoves  in  libraries  or  wards 
in  hospitals,  with  bronze  tablets  on  buildings  and  name 
plates  for  rooms  and  for  hospital  beds.  This  carries 
on  the  spirit  of  friendship  and  acquaintance  begun  in 
this  effort  for  the  colleges  and  is  in  harmony  with  the 
Oriental  desire  to  perpetuate  a  name  through  a  me¬ 
morial.  One  such  building  has  been  erected,  the  lovely 
chapel  in  Madras,  from  a  giver  who  prefers  to  be  un- 


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known.  *The  inscription,  with  a  photograph  of  the 
completed  building,  has  just  reached  us. 

The  buildings  are  rising  through  the  Orient  and  will 
soon  be  completed.  They  will  still  need  our  help  in 
endowment  and  scholarships  with  college  women  for 
their  professors.  Our  friendship,  our  close  sympathy 
and  our  prayers  must  continue.  The  Joint  Committee 
will  go  on,  not  only  to  aid  these  new  colleges  but  to  give 
a  helping  hand  to  others  which  also  need  aid,  West 
China,  Korea,  Shanghai  Medical,  all  are  waiting,  be¬ 
lieving  we  will  not  fail.  We  have  given  our  gift  to  the 
women  of  the  Orient  and  they  in  turn  will  make  their 
contribution  to  the  world  which  is  to  be  a  new  world, 
please  God,  His  world  where  we  as  one  family  in  Him 
shall  strive  and,  together  in  the  strength  of  His  love, 
shall  attain. 

Christian  Internationalism  and  World  Peace  are  be¬ 
yond  the  reach  of  politics.  They  will  come  through  an 
understanding  of  each  other,  an  appreciation  expressing 
itself  in  a  sharing  of  the  best  we  have.  This  first  united 
effort  of  the  women  of  America  for  the  women  of  India, 
China  and  Japan  is  one  of  the  links  in  that  league  of  love 
which  shall  bind  the  world  together. 

Lucy  W.  Peabody, 
Chairman,  Building  Fund  Committee. 


*“To  the  glory  of  God  and  in  memory  of  an  unknown  friend  this 

chapel  is  erected.” 


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■ 


ASSISTANT  TREASURER’S  REPORT 


To  the  Chairman  and  Members  of  the  Joint  Committee 
of  the  Women's  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient: 

It  is  with  great  pleasure  and  with  a  feeling  of  gratitude 
to  the  many  co-workers  that  I  present  to  you  this  financial 
report  of  the  Building  Fund  which  Christian  women 
everywhere  have  worked  so  hard  to  complete. 

Those  of  you  who  worked  in  the  Campaign  need  no 
enlightenment  as  to  the  difficulties  and  hardships  sur¬ 
mounted — in  fact,  I  doubt  if  that  can  ever  be  told  in 
words,  it  is  enough  to  say,  the  thing  is  done,  the  buildings 
sought  have  been  provided  for  but  not  without  many 
days  and  nights  of  anxiety  and  much  prayer ;  but  through 
the  power  of  Him  for  whose  Kingdom  this  work  was  # 

undertaken  the  task  has  been  accomplished  and  to  Him  • 
we  give  the  glory,  and  these  buildings  erected  in  His  name 
are  permanent  monuments  to  that  living  truth  “with  God 
all  things  are  possible.” 

While  this  report  is  chiefly  cold  facts  in  figures,  may 
we  not  think  of  it  as  such,  but  read  into  the  columns 
here  recorded  the  life  and  light  that  they  will  bring  to 
the  thousands  of  women  calling  to  us  for  the  privilege  of 
preparing  for  service.  As  you  scan  these  columns  in  the 
following  pages  please  think  of  them  in  terms  not  of 
dollars  and  cents  but  of  opportunities  for  others.  I 
cannot  express  all  I  feel  as  I  think  over  this  Campaign. 

How  loyally  and  heartily  the  women  entered  into  the 
plans — women  of  prayer  and  of  power — through  whose 
consecrated  service  this  thing  is  made  possible. 

How  can  I  tell  of  the  gifts  as  they  came  to  me  ?  They 
can  best  be  told — a  little  at  a  time — as  we  draw  aside 


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away  from  the  stress  and  strain  of  Campaign  labors  and 
in  the  quiet  of  the  eventide  we  talk  of  this  gift  and  of 
that  one.  Over  twenty  thousand  of  them  came  to  me 
direct,  but  often  there  was  in  the  letter  accompanying 
the  gift  tribute  to  her,  our  leader  and  moving  spirit  in 
this  Campaign,  for  it  was  always  after  Mrs.  Peabody 
had  visited  a  city  and  spoken  for  these  Colleges  that  the 
gifts  would  pour  in.  To  her,  for  her  unceasing  labors 
and  devotion  to  this  work  and  her  intensive  personal 
appeal  we  owe  everything — and  not  least  of  all  the  in¬ 
spiration  she  was  to  many  of  us  all  through  the  Cam¬ 
paign.  It  was  because  of  her  influence  that  I  willingly 
acted  as  your  servant  in  the  treasury.  On  the  following 
pages  you  will  find  the  totals  by  college  designations; 
first,  as  received  by  Mr.  Russell  Carter,  the  Treasurer  to 
whom  went  all  the  gifts  of  the  International  Christmas 
Gift  Campaign  in  1920-21,  then  the  listing  of  the  receipts 
as  they  came  to  me  designated  for  the  various  colleges. 
These  receipts  are  listed  in  two  ways;  first,  as  received 
by  Treasurer  and  Assistant  Treasurer;  then  followed  by 
totals  for  each  college.  In  so  fas  as  possible  I  have  en¬ 
deavored  to  give  each  state  due  credit  for  all  its  gifts, 
but  as  some  denominations  were  active  in  securing  gifts 
through  their  own  denominational .  channels,  instead  of 
having  them  sent  direct  to  the  Campaign  headquarters, 
that  has  not  always  been  possible. 

On  the  third  page  of  Financial  Report  you  will  find 
these  sums  which  could  not  therefore,  be  credited  to 
States,  listed  as  coming  from  College  Treasurers,  because 
these  same  denominational  treasurers  sent  their  returns 
direct  to  the  College  Treasurers,  who  then  transmitted 
the  amounts  to  headquarters.  Then,  too,  in  Mr.  Carter’s 
receipts  are  included  sums  given  by  Denominational 


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Boards  for  land,  etc.,  at  the  beginning  of  the  Campaign, 
which  of  course  could  not  come  under  State  returns, 
but  in  so  far  as  possible  you  will  find  “Receipts  by  States” 
beginning  with  the  fifth  page  of  Financial  Report,  fol¬ 
lowed  by  detailed  statement  of  those  coming  to  head¬ 
quarters. 

I  am  sure  you  will  be  interested  in  returns  as  coming 
from  individuals  giving  denominational  affiliation.  Of 
the  $983,898.87  coming  in  individual  gifts  to  headquarters 
$356,012.32  claimed  no  denominational  credit,  as  many 
wrote  in  they  were  so  glad  to  give  to  this  Campaign 
because  it  was  interdenominational. 

The  Memorial  Buildings  and  Rooms  are  listed  as 
donors  requested  when  their  gifts  were  made.  We  hope 
this  is  complete,  but  realizing  how  much  of  the  money 
was  collected  through  denominational  channels  whereby 
we  were  not  in  direct  communication  with  the  donors, 
some  may  fail  of  record  here,  but  as  memorial  tablets 
are  now  being  prepared,  it  is  not  too  late  to  notify  us  of 
any  omissions.  The  gifts  for  the  furnishing  of  rooms 
are  not  herein  listed  for  lack  of  space,  but  a  careful  list 
of  such  has  been  reported  and  such  rooms  will  all  bear 
inscriptions. 

The  expenses  of  this  great  Campaign  amount  to  less 
than  2^4%,  and  even  to  the  uninitiated  this  total  will 
seem  small  when  borne  in  mind  that  this  Campaign 
stretched  over  a  period  of  more  than  two  years ; — yet 
even  this  percentage  was  covered  through  returns  from 
the  careful  investment  of  the  monies  as  they  came  to 
headquarters,  so  that  it  can  be  said  that  not  even  one 
postage  stamp  was  paid  for  out  of  the  gift  of  any  in¬ 
dividual. 

This  report  would  not  be  complete  without  expressing 


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our  appreciation  to  Mrs.  Frank  Gaylord  Cook,  who 
countersigned  all  the  checks  of  the  Assistant  Treasurer 
and  who  unstintingly  at  all  times  gave  her  advice  and 
help  regarding  the  investment  of  the  funds,  also  to  Mr. 
H.  W.  Hight  of  the  Old  Colony  Trust  Company  through 
whose  helpful  suggestions  these  investments  were  made 
we  owe  our  heartfelt  thanks. 

The  Assistant  Treasurer  in  investing  the  funds  for 
the  Joint  Committee  at  all  times  conferred  with  our  able 
Chairman,  Rev.  James  L.  Barton,  D.  D.,  with  whose  ap¬ 
proval  purchases  and  sales  of  securities  were  made,  thus 
enabling  us  to  meet  the  expenses  of  the  Campaign  with¬ 
out  drawing  upon  the  gifts  and  so  securing  for  the  col¬ 
leges  sums  in  excess  of  the  amounts  we  started  out  to  get. 

I  cannot  close  this  report  without  a  tribute  to  the 
treasurers  of  the  several  colleges  who  by  their  courtesy 
and  kindly  co-operation  made  working  with  them  a  joy 
long  to  be  remembered,  for  the  greatest  reward  that  can 
come  to  one  in  work  of  this  kind  is  the  touching  of  noble 
souls  whose  influence  and  memory  time  can  never  erase. 

While  this  actual  Campaign  is  over,  we  must  not  forget 
that  the  Colleges  still  “go  on”  and  in  the  months  and 
years  to  come  will  need  your  prayers  and  your  support. 

Respectfully  submitted, 


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At  the  close  of  the  Campaign  the  books  of  both  Treasurer 
and  Assistant  Treasurer  were  examined  by  Haskins  &  Sells, 
Public  Accountants,  and  following  is  their  report  in  part: 

Reverend  James  L.  Barton, 

Chairman,  Finance  Committee,  Joint  Committee  of  the  Women’s 
Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient. 

14  Beacon  Street, 

Boston,  Massachusetts. 

Dear  Sir: 

Pursuant  to  engagement,  we  have  audited  the  accounts  of  the  Joint 
Committee  of  the  Women’s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient,  as 
kept  by  Mr.  Russell  Carter,  treasurer,  for  the  period  from  November  1, 
1920,  to  June  21,  1921,  at  which  date  he  turned  over  the  balance  remaining 
in  his  hands  to  Miss  Hilda  Olson,  assistant  treasurer. 


Pursuant  to  engagement,  we  have  examined  the  books  and  accounts  of 
the  Joint  Committee  of  the  Women’s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the 
Orient,  as  kept  by  Miss  Hilda  Olson,  the  assistant  treasurer,  for  the 
period  from  June  22,  1921,  at  which  date  the  former  treasurer,  Mr.  Russell 
Carter,  turned  over  to  her  the  balance  remaining  in  his  hands,  to 
February  28,  1923. 

All  payments  were  supported  by  satisfactory  vouchers,  and  the  receipts 
from  subscriptions  appeared  to  be  correctly  accounted  for.  The  amount 
received  for  interest  on  investments  and  bank  balances  were  correctly 
stated. 


Cash  on  deposit  at  the  Old  Colony  Trust  Company  on  February  28, 
1923,  was  verified  by  correspondence,  and  the  securities  owned  were 
inspected  and  found  to  be  as  stated. 

*We  have  certified  as  to  the  correctness  in  all  details  of  Miss  Olson’s 
report,  as  to  her  exhibits  “A”  and  “B”,  and  her  statement  of  campaign 
expenses,  and  the  total  of  the  divisions  of  subscriptions  contained  in 
her  exhibits  “C”,  “D,”  and  “E”,  but  we  have  not  verified  the  classification 
of  these  subscriptions. 


Miss  Olson  has  kept  the  accounts  admirably,  and  impressed  us  as 
eminently  fitted  for  her  position. 


(Signed)  Haskins  &  Sells. 


*The  services  of  Haskins  &  Sells  have  been  retained  by  the  Chairman 
for  final  audit  upon  sale  of  all  securities  and  full  payments  to  the  colleges. 


70  Womens  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


JOINT  COMMITTEE  WOMEN’S  UNION  CHRISTIAN  COL¬ 
LEGES  IN  THE  ORIENT 

RECEIPTS* 


By  Russell  Carter,  Treasurer 


Vellore .  $  82,500.00 

Tokio .  136,500.00 

Ginling .  94,140.36 

Yenching .  35,000.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  56,141.00 

Undesignated .  155,804.37 

Laura  Spelman  Rockefeller  Memorial. .  250,000 . 00 

Interest .  1,161.37 


Total  by  Russell  Carter,  Treasurer 


$  811,247.  10 


By  Hilda  L.  Olson,  Assistant  Treasurer 


Undesignated .  $  68,741.46 

Vellore .  291,087.29 

Madras .  124,418.22 

Tokio .  252,557.50 

Ginling .  204,749.74 

Yenching .  284,469.43 

Isabella  Thoburn .  118,743.25 

North  China  Medical .  1,605.44 

Laura  Spelman  Rockefeller  Memorial. .  696,666 .00 

Interest .  63,455.41 


Total  by  Hilda  L.  Olson,  Assistant  Treasurer  $2,106,493 . 74 


Grand  Total,  November  1,  19.23 


$2,917,740.84 


*$1,210.75  received  while  this  was  going  to  press. 


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RECEIPTS 

Undesignated 

By  Russell  Carter .  $155,804 . 37 

By  H.L.  Olson .  68,741.46 


Vellore 


By  Russell  Carter .  82,500 . 00 

By  H.L.  Olson .  291,087.29 


Madras 

By  H.  L.  Olson.. . 
Tokio 

By  Russell  Carter 
By  H.  L.  Olson. .  . 


136,500.00 

252,557.50 


Ginling 

By  Russell  Carter .  94, 140 . 36 

By  H.L.  Olson .  204,749.74 


Yenching 

By  Russell  Carter .  35 ,000 . 00 

By  H.L.  Olson .  284,469.43 


Isabella  Thoburn 

By  Russell  Carter .  56,141 .00 

By  H.L.  Olson .  118,743.25 


North  China  Medical 

By  H.  L.  Olson . 

Laura  Spelman  Rockefeller  Memorial 


By  Russell  Carter .  250,000 . 00 

By  H.  L.  Olson .  696,666 . 00 


Interest 

By  Russell  Carter .  1,161. 37 

By  H.L.  Olson .  63,455.41 


$  224,545.83 

$  373,587.29 
124,418.22 

$  389,057.50 

$  298,890.10 

$  319,469.43 

$  174,884.25 
$  1,605.44 

$  946,666.00 

$  64,616.78 


Grand  Total 


$2,917,740.84 


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JOINT  COMMITTEE  WOMEN’S  UNION  CHRISTIAN  COL¬ 
LEGES  IN  THE  ORIENT 


RECEIPTS 

By  Russell  Carter,  Treasurer 

From  States .  $147,240.82 

Without  State  Designations .  412,844.91 

-  $  560,085.73 


By  Hilda  L.  Olson,  Asst.  Treas.,  from  States 

By  Special  Gifts  not  designated  to  States,  Rec’d 
through  Rev.  W.  I.  Chamberlain,  Treas.  Vellore 
College 

By  College  Treasurers  not  designated  to  States: 


W.  I.  Chamberlain,  Treas.  Vellore 

College .  $  5,593.21 

W.  I.  Chamberlain,  Treas.  Madras 

College .  1,098.01 

F.  M.  Potter,  Treas.  Tokio  College  59,049 .30 
Russell  Carter,  Treas.  Ginling 

College .  80,064.05 

Louis  A  Bowman,  Treas.  Yench- 

ing  College .  51,183.00 

Florence  Hooper,  Treas.  Isabella 

Thoburn  College .  85,035 .89 


983,898.87 

32,142.90 


$  282,023.46 


By  Denominational  Treasurers  not  designated  to  States: 

Congregational .  $"4,080.09 

Lutheran .  13,435.00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  1,680 . 54 

Presbyterian .  24,378 .78 

Reformed  Church .  4,630 . 70 

Undesignated .  101.99 


48,307.10 


From  Interest  on  Investments 

H.  L.  Olson,  Asst.  Treas .  $63,455.41 


Russell  Carter,  T reas .  1,161.37 

- -  $  64,616.78 

From  Laura  Spelman  Rockefeller  Memorial .  946,666 . 00 


Grand  Total 


*$2,917,740.84 


*$2,840,000  received  the  extra  gift  from  the  Laura  Spelman  Rockefeller  Memorial 
of  $1  for  each  $2  secured  in  the  Campaign. 


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PAYMENTS 


To  Colleges  as  Per  their  Askings  and  Confirmed  by  Vote  of 
Joint  Committee,  May  31,  1921 


Tokio  College . 

Ginling  College . . 

Yenching  College . 

Madras  College . 

Isabella  Thoburn  College 
Vellore  Medical  School. . . 


$520,000.00 

600,000.00 

600,000.00 

260,000.00 

170,000.00 

425,000.00 

-  $2,575,000.00 


For  Extra  Payments  to  above  Colleges,  Campaign 
Expenses  and  Reserve  for  Continuation  of  Joint 


Committee .  265,000.00 

Total . *$2,840,000.00 

Scholarships  paid .  549.00 

fNo.  China  Medical  College .  77,191 .84 

Total  Payments  by  Joint  Committee .  $2,917,740.84 


♦Receiving  extra  gift  from  the  Laura  Spelman  Rockefeller  Memorial. 

fDoes  not  include  $11,855.26  sent  direct  Lucy  Lepper,  Treas.,  and  not  included  in 
Joint  Committee  Campaign  Receipts. 


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RECEIPTS  BY  STATES 


State 

*  Receipts 
by  Hilda 

L.  Olson, 
Asst.  Treas. 

Receipts 
by  Russell 
Carter, 
Treas. 

f  Receipts 
Reported 
by 

Methodists 

Grand 

Total 

Alabama 

$  30.00 

$  20.00 

$  50. 

00 

Arizona 

2.00 

40.00 

42. 

00 

Arkansas 

18.51 

18. 

51 

Colorado 

5,184.73 

162.38 

$  2,593.95 

7,941. 

06 

California 

85,210.16 

1,372.00 

21,271.95 

107,854. 

11 

Connecticut 

15,427.88 

3,801.45 

3,105.28 

22,334. 

61 

Dis.  of  Col. 

10,115.00 

3,044.50 

13,159. 

50 

Delaware 

132.00 

70.00 

9,650.00 

9,852. 

.00 

North  Dakota 

1,683.88 

1,683. 

.88 

South  Dakota 

2,088.60 

45.00 

2,133. 

60 

Florida 

1,011.50 

851.44 

1,862. 

94 

Georgia 

117.00 

50.00 

167. 

,00 

Idaho 

1,570.19 

110.00 

49.00 

1,729. 

.19 

Iowa 

6,427.37 

241.15 

6,124.67 

12,793. 

19 

Illinois 

56,309.22 

7,890.54 

31,215.07 

95,414. 

.83 

Indiana 

13,384.82 

1,240.00 

9,887.60 

24,512. 

,42 

Kansas 

19,464.25 

124.00 

8,684.25 

28,272. 

50 

Kentucky 

Louisiana 

3,125.38 

1,143.49 

1,269.33 

5,538. 

.20 

119.50 

40.50 

160 

.00 

Maryland 

Maine 

8,749.93 

2,292.50 

8,276.47 

19,318. 

.90 

2,403.98 

1,423.35 

3,295.33 

7,122. 

.66 

Massachusetts 

112,600.18 

26,113.11 

2,340.83 

141,054 

.12 

Michigan 

Minnesota 

14,072.41 

1,688.45 

7,290.00 

23,050. 

.86 

14,646.85 

5,286.86 

19,933 

.71 

Mississippi 

322.50 

10.00 

332 

.50 

Missouri 

21,137.36 

455.10 

6,384.50 

27,976 

.96 

Montana 

373.08 

5.50 

378 

.58 

Nebraska 

11,517.47 

1,212.04 

3,152.28 

15,881 

.79 

Nevada 

25.00 

25 

.00 

New  Hampshire 

5,023.98 

848.00 

3,268.33 

9,140 

.31 

New  Jersey 

54,074.55 

19,479.14 

10,801.50 

84,355 

.19 

New  York 

205,920.61 

41,053.81 

20,814.43 

267,788 

.85 

New  Mexico 

6.25 

30.00 

36 

.25 

North  Carolina 

225.00 

178.84 

403 

.84 

South  Carolina 

363.25 

10.00 

373 

.25 

Oklahoma 

9,307.99 

20.00 

5,664.38 

14,992 

.37 

Oregon 

8,330.69 

436.67 

2,604.00 

11,371 

.36 

Ohio 

59,556.82 

2,991.14 

18,754.15 

81,302 

.11 

Pennsylvania 

89,543.60 

13,377.65 

55,304.97 

158,226 

.22 

Rhode  Island 

18,423.21 

6,124.87 

3,205.33 

27,753 

.41 

Texas 

151.87 

30.00 

181 

.87 

Tennessee 

1,380.91 

80.00 

1,237.33 

2,698 

.24 

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RECEIPTS  BY  STATES,  CONCLUDED 


State 

'’'Receipts 
by  Hilda 

L.  Olson, 
Asst.  Treas. 

Receipts 
by  Russell 
Carter, 
Treas. 

f  Receipts 
Reported 
by  > 

Methodists 

Grand 

Total 

Utah 

82.50 

40.00 

122.50 

Vermont 

6,250.72 

2,072.17 

2,749.33 

11,072.22 

Virginia 

1,913.60 

134.00 

400.00 

2,447.60 

West  Virginia 

9,845.68 

90.00 

9,935.68 

Washington 

26,356.93 

269.57 

702.00 

27,328.50 

Wisconsin 

20,626.49 

83.60 

10,066.19 

30,776.28 

Wyoming 

122.50 

40.00 

193.00 

355.50 

Hawaii 

64.47 

10.00 

74.47 

India 

1,848.00 

1,848.00 

Canada 

30,828.50 

30,828.50 

Japan 

26,229.00 

26,229.00 

Syria 

10.00 

10.00 

China 

1,000.00 

1,000.00 

France 

50.00 

50.00 

Miscellaneous 

72.00 

58.00 

130.00 

British  Columbia 

69.00 

69.00 

$983,898.87  $147,240.82  $260,355  .45  $1,391,495.14 


*For  detailed  statement  of  state  returns  see  following  pages, 
t  Reported  by  Florence  Hooper,  Treas.,  as  received  by  her. 


76  W omen's  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


Detailed  Statement  of  State  Returns 

Amount  received  by  Hilda  L.  Olson,  Ass’t  Treas.,  designated 
as  follows,  not  including  Russell  Carter’s  receipts  or  those  reported 
by  Florence  Hooper  from  Methodists: 

ALABAMA 


$20.00 

10.00 

-  $30.00 


$10.00 

5.00 

15.00 

-  $30.00 


ARIZONA 

Colleges: 


Undesignated . 

.  $2.00 

$2.00 

Churches: 

Baptist . 

.  $1.00 

Undesignated . 

.  1.00 

r 

ARKANSAS 

$2.00 

Colleges : 

Undesignated . 

.  $11.51 

Yenching . 

.  7.00 

$18.51 

Churches: 

Congregational . 

.  $  7.00 

Undesignated . 

.  11.51 

$18.51 


Colleges : 

Undesignated . 

Yenching . 

Churches : 

Congregational .  .  . 

Students . . 

Undesignated.  .  .  . 


Colleges : 

Undesignated.  .  . 

Vellore . 

Madras . 

Yenching . 


COLORADO 


$3,804.03 
k  1,000. 00 
20.00 
360.70 


$5,184.73 


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COLORADO — continued 


Churches: 

Baptist .  $  937.50 

Congregational .  312.00 

Alumnae.... . 75.00 

Lutheran .  31.80 

Christian .  4.00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  96.25 

Presbyterian .  3,357 . 07 

Protestant  Episcopal .  15.00 

Undesignated .  356.11 


$5,184.73 


CALIFORNIA 


Colleges: 

Vellore .  $  226.00 

Madras .  195.00 

Tokyo .  323.00 

Ginling .  162.00 

Yenching .  23,278.66 

Isabella  Thoburn .  275.00 

North  China  Med .  196.00 


Special  Gifts : 

I sabella  Thoburn . $  111.00 

Vellore .  25,000.00 

Yenching .  25,000.00 

Ginling .  443 . 50 

Tokyo .  10,000.00 


$24,655.66 


$60,554.50 


Churches : 

Baptist .  $3,565.00 

Congregational .  1,926.89 

Alumnae .  522 . 00 

Students .  266 . 14 

Lutheran .  115.00 

Christian .  507 . 65 

Methodist .  1,228.05 

Presbyterian .  6,555.43 

Southern  Methodist .  80.00 

Protestant  Episcopal .  799.50 

Undesignated .  9,090 . 00 


Special  Gifts: 
Specific  designation . . . 


$24,655.66 

$60,554.50 


$85,210.16 


$85,210.16 


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CONNECTICUT 

Colleges : 

Undesignated . 

..  $  42.97 

Vellore . 

..  7,398.11 

Madras . 

..  1,467.86 

Tokyo . 

..  1,487.86 

Ginling . 

..  1,584.86 

Yenching . 

..  1,462.86 

Isabella  Thoburn . 

..  1,483.86 

Union  Medical,  Peking. 

20.00 

$14,948.38 

Special  Gifts: 

Ginling . 

..  $107.00 

Isabella  Thoburn . 

372.50 

$479.50 

Churches : 

Baptist . 

..  $  2,409.03 

Congregational . 

..  1,481.00 

Alumnae . 

35.00 

Students . 

100  00 

Lutheran . 

21.00 

Christian . 

29.00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  .  . 

221.00 

Presbyterian . 

280.00 

Protestant  Episcopal.  . 

113.00 

Undesignated . 

..  10,259.35 

$14,948.38 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  . . . 

$479.50 

$15,427.88 


$15,427.88 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 


Colleges : 

Vellore .  $  10.00 

Madras .  3,355.66 

Tokyo .  3,344.67 

Ginling .  12.00 

Yenching .  3,314.67 

Isabella  Thoburn .  48.00 


Special  Gifts: 

Ginling .  $30.00 


$10,085.00 


$30.00 

-  $10,115.00 


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DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA— continued 


Churches: 

Baptist .  $5,307  . 00 

Congregational .  95.00 

Alumnae .  105 . 00 

Students .  107.50 

Christian .  281.08 

Methodist  Episcopal .  155 . 00 

Presbyterian .  802.00 

Southern  Methodist .  681.00 

Protestant  Episcopal .  262.00 

Undesignated .  2,289.42 

-  $10,085.00 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  $30.00  $10,115.00 


DELAWARE 

Colleges 

Undesignated .  $32 . 00  $32 . 00 

Special  Gift: 

Ginling .  $100.00 

-  $132.00 

Churches : 

Baptist .  $  5.00 

Undesignated .  27.00 

-  $32.00 

Special  Gift: 

Speci  fic  designation .  $100.00 

-  $132.00 


NORTH  DAKOTA 


Colleges : 

Undesignated .  $1,541.88 

Yenching .  142.00 

-  $1,683.88 

Churches : 

Baptist .  $  116.63 

Congregational .  142 . 00 

Students .  5.00 

Christian .  5.00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  32.70 

Presbyterian .  131.50 

Undesignated .  1,251.05 

-  1,683.88 


80  W omen  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


SOUTH  DAKOTA 


Colleges : 

Vellore .  $1,845.60 

Ginling .  105.00 

Yenching .  136.00 

Union  Medical,  Peking .  2.00 

-  $2,088.60 

Churches: 

Baptist .  $  106.00 

Congregational .  154.00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  2.00 

Presbyterian .  17.00 

Protestant  Episcopal .  10.00 

Undesignated .  1,799.60 

-  $2,088.60 


FLORIDA 


Colleges : 

Undesignated .  $485 . 10 

Vellore .  119.40 

Madras .  107.00 

Tokyo .  300.00 

-  $1,011.50 

Churches : 

Baptist .  $291.00 

Congregational .  30.60 

Students .  135 . 00 

Christian .  11.50 

Methodist  Episcopal .  2.00 

Undesignated .  541 . 40 

-  $1,011.50 


GEORGIA 


Colleges : 

Undesignated .  $117.00  $117.00 

Churches: 

Students .  $47 . 00 

Undesignated .  70.00 

-  $117.00 


IDAHO 

Colleges : 

Undesignated .  $1,570.19  $1,570.19 


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IDAHO — continued 


Churches : 

Baptist .  $135.50 

Christian .  3.75 

Students .  6.90 

Methodist  Episcopal .  26.00 

Presbyterian .  616.10 

Undesignated .  781.94 

-  $1,570.19 


IOWA 


Colleges : 

Vellore .  $  6.00 

Madras .  45.00 

Tokyo .  4,579.86 

Ginling .  342.31 

Yenching .  1,328.20 

Union  Medical,  Peking .  25.00 


Special  Gifts: 

Isabella  T  hoburn .  $101.00 


$6,326.37 

$101.00 


Churches : 

Baptist . 

Congregational . 

Alumnae . 

Students . 

Lutheran . 

Christian . 

Methodist  Episcopal 

Presbyterian . 

Reformed  Church . . . 
Undesignated . . 

Special  Fund . . 


$  905.00 
1,527.20 
619.50 
2.00 
10.00 
52.00 
375.31 
37.00 
40.00 
2,758.36 

-  $6,326.37 

101.00 


$6,427.37 


$6,427.37 


ILLINOIS 


Colleges : 

Vellore . $  699.34 

Madras .  1,043.33 

Tokyo .  1,010.00 

Ginling .  3,413.70 

Yenching .  37,834.31 

Isabella  Thoburn .  80.33 

Union  Medical,  Peking .  110.00 


$44,191.01 


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ILLINOIS— continued 


Special  Gifts : 

Vellore . $10,714.30 

Ginling. .  602.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  801.91 

- $12,118.21 


Churches: 

Baptist . $10,179.64 

Congregational .  13,342 . 42 

Alumnae .  328.60 

Students .  476.00 

Lutheran .  567.99 

Christian .  487.35 

Methodist  Episcopal .  284.93 

Presbyterian .  5,397.82 

Reformed  Church .  162 . 20 

Protestant  Episcopal .  1,644.50 

Undesignated .  11,319.56 


Special  Gifts: 

Specific  Designation.  . 


$44,191.01 

12,118.21 


$56,309.22 


$56,309.22 


INDIANA 


Colleges : 

Vellore . $12,357.87 

Madras .  25.00 

Ginling .  5.00 

Yenching .  645.95 

Isabella  Thoburn .  30.00 


Special  Gift: 
Isabella  Thoburn .  .  . 


$13,063.82 

321.00 


Churches: 

Baptist .  $1,902.81 

Congregational .  1,075 . 95 

Students .  214.27 

Lutheran .  237.95 

Christian .  96.80 

Methodist  Episcopal .  207 . 40 

Presbyterian .  4, 190 . 80 

Reformed  Church .  5.00 

Undesignated .  5,132.84 


Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  . , 


$13,063.82 

321.00 


$13,384.82 


$13,384.82 


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KANSAS 


Colleges : 

Vellore .  $1,463.20 

Madras .  68.00 

Tokyo .  16,606.36 

Girding .  684 . 64 

Yenching .  498.05 

Isabella  Thoburn .  143 . 00 

Union  Medical,  Peking .  1.00 

-  $19,464.25 

Churches : 

Baptist .  $1,667.09 

Congregational .  878.79 

Alumnae .  10.00 

Students .  75.25 

Lutheran .  228 . 32 

Christian .  670.04 

Methodist  Episcopal .  4, 115. 75 

Presbyterian .  4,008 . 35 

Protestant  Episcopal .  593.75 

Southern  Methodist .  843 . 14 

Undesignated .  6,373.77 

-  $19,464.25 


KENTUCKY 


Colleges : 


Undesignated .  $622 . 00 

Tokyo .  10.00 


Special  Gifts: 

Tokyo .  $1,000.00 

Ginling .  1,003.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  490 . 38 


$632.00 


$2,493.38 


Churches : 

Baptist . 

Presbyterian . 

Undesignated . 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  . . 


$  20.00 
22.00 
590.00 

-  $632.00 

2,493.38 


$3,125.38 


$3,125.38 


84  W omen  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


LOUISIANA 

_  $50.00  $50.00 


$25.00 
44.50 

-  $69.50 

-  $119.50 

Churches: 

Alumnae .  $50.00 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  69.50  • 

-  $119.50 


Colleges : 

Undesignated . 

+ 

Special  Gifts: 

Ginling . 

Isabella  Thoburn . 


MARYLAND 


Colleges : 

Undesignated .  $5,821.98 

Vellore .  258.42 

Madras .  20.00 

Tokyo .  50.00 

Ginling .  76.00 

Yenching .  638.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  1,258.53 

Union  Medical,  Peking .  10.00 


Special  Gifts: 

Vellore .  $250.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  367 . 00 


$8,132.93 

617.00 


Churches : 

Baptist .  $  17.00 

Congregational .  79.00 

Students .  66.48 

Lutheran .  80.10 

Christian.... .  135.25 

Methodist  Episcopal .  1,373.53 

Presbyterian .  4,964.50 

Protestant  Episcopal .  67.00 

Southern  Methodist .  170.00 

Undesignated .  1,180.07 


Special  Gifts : 
Specific  designation .  . 


$8,132.93 

617.00 


$8,749.93 


$8,749.93 


Women's  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  85 


MAINE 


Colleges: 

Undesignated .  $1,955.98 

Vellore .  100.00 

Madras .  33.34 

Tokyo .  2.00 

Ginling .  38.33 

Yenching .  59.33 


Special  Gifts: 

Ginling .  $200.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  15.00 


$2,188.98 

215.00 


Churches : 


Baptist . 

....  $1,017.80 

Congregational . 

199.00 

Alumnae . 

58.00 

Students . 

76.68 

Methodist  Episcopal . 

38.00 

Presbyterian . 

10.00 

Undesignated . 

789.50 

$2,188.98 

215.00 

Special  Gifts: 
Specific  designation . 

$2,403.98 


$2,403.98 


MASSACHUSETTS 


Colleges: 

Vellore . 

Madras . 

Tokyo . 

Ginling . 

Yenching . 

Isabella  Thoburn . 

Union  Medical,  Peking 

Special  Gifts: 

Madras . 

Vellore . 

Ginling . 

Isabella  Thoburn . 


$  7,338.40 
75,529.95 
2,540.05 
866.00 
3,192.00 
270.50 
139.00 

-  $89,875.90 


$  1,000.00 
13,073.62 
8,518.56 
132.10 

— -  22,724.28 


$112,600.18 


86  W omen  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

MASSACHUSETTS— continued 
Churches: 

Baptist . $32,371.59 

Congregational .  12,052.31 

Alumnae .  1,523.61 

Students .  4,287.88 

Christian .  24.00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  992.50 

Presbyterian .  722.25 

Protestant  Episcopal .  1,014.00 

Undesignated .  36,887.76 


Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  22,724.28 

- $112,600.18 


MICHIGAN 

Colleges : 

Vellore . $  589.70 

Tokyo .  11,233.21 

Ginling .  94.00 

Yenching .  1,738.50 

Isabella  Thoburn .  25.00 


Special  Gifts: 

Ginling .  $  12.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  380.00 

-  392.00 


Churches : 

Baptist .  $  550.50 

Congregational .  2,544.65 

Alumnae .  549.60 

Students .  188.31 

Lutheran .  40.00 

Christian . . .  58.00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  152.00 

Presbyterian .  1,578.94 

Reformed  Church .  3,888.32 

Protestant  Episcopal .  232 . 75 

Undesignated .  3,897.34 


Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  392 . 00 


$14,072.41 


Womens  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  87 


MINNESOTA 

Colleges : 

Vellore . $12,877.68 

Yenching .  1,704.17 


Special  Gifts : 
Ginling . 


$14,581.85 

65.00 


Churches : 

Baptist .  $  526.71 

Congregational .  2,280.66 

Alumnae .  1,930.16 

Students .  43.00 

Lutheran .  25.00 

Christian .  40.00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  10.00 

Presbyterian .  4,391.10 

Reformed  Church .  1.00 

Protestant  Episcopal .  173.00 

Undesignated .  5,161.22 


Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  . . 


$14,581.85 

65.00 


$14,646.85 


$14,646.85 


MISSISSIPPI 

Colleges : 

Undesignated .  $27.00  $27.00 

Special  Gifts: 

Isabella  Thoburn .  295 . 50 


Oliurclics  * 

Undesignated .  $27.00  $27.00 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  295 . 50 


$322.50 


$322.50 


MISSOURI 


Colleges : 

Vellore . $  6.00 

Tokyo .  707.50 

Ginling .  17,353.36 

Yenching .  3,034.50 

Isabella  Thoburn .  1.00 


$21,102.36 


88  IV omen  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


MISSOURI— continued 


Special  Gifts: 

Vellore .  $10.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  25.00 

-  35.00 

-  $21,137.36 

Churches: 


Baptist .  $3,970,00 

Congregational .  2,097 .75 

Alumnae .  69.00 

Lutheran .  210.00 

Christian .  6,799.37 

Methodist  Episcopal .  115.50 

Presbyterian .  2,714.16 

Southern  Methodist .  1 ,02 1 . 50 

Undesignated .  4, 105 . 08 

-  $21,102.36 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  35.00 

- $21,137.36 


MONTANA 


Colleges : 

Undesignated .  $363 . 08 

Vellore .  10.00 

-  $373.08 

Churches : 

Baptist .  $151.45 

Congregational .  4.00 

Alumnae .  15.75 

Lutheran .  2.00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  2.00 

Presbyter  ian .  5.50 

Undesignated .  192.38 

-  $373.08 


Colleges : 

Vellore . 

Madras . 

Ginling . 

Yenching . 


NEBRASKA 

....$10,822.32 

500.00 

84.15 

111.00 


$11,517.47 


Womens  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  89 


NEBRASKA — continued 


Churches : 

Baptist .  $  1 ,086 . 65 

Congregational .  141.75 

Students .  2.00 

Lutheran .  16.00 

Christian .  106 . 25 

Methodist  Episcopal .  1,047.72 

Presbyterian .  502.42 

Reformed  Church .  78.36 

Protestant  Episcopal .  75.15 

Undesignated .  8,461.17 

-  $11,517.47 


Colleges: 
Undesignated . 

Churches : 

Undesignated 


NEVADA 


$25.00 

$25.00 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE 


Colleges : 

Vellore .  $ 

Madras . . 

Tokyo . . . 

Yenching 


Special  Gifts: 

Ginling . 

Isabella  Thoburn . 


Churches : 

Baptist . 

Congregational . 

Alumnae . 

Student . 

Methodist  Episcopal . , 

Presbyterian . 

Undesignated . 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  . , 


120.00 
4,020.48 
65.00 
150.00 

-  $4,355.48 

100.00 

568.50 

-  668.50 

-  $5,023.98 

$,567.50 

232.55 

2,293.50 

11.00 

65.00 

25.00 

1,160.93 

-  $4,355.48 

668.50 

-  $5,023.98 


90  Women  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


NEW  JERSEY 


Colleges : 

Vellore . $36,069.99 

Madras .  10.00 

Tokyo .  1,235.00 

Ginling .  1,035.50 

Yenching .  5.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  773.00 

Union  Medical,  Peking .  350.00 


Special  Gifts: 

Vellore . $  25.00 

Ginling .  14,153.06 

Isabella  Thoburn .  418.00 


Churches: 

Baptist.  .  . . $  6,499.56 

Congregational .  1 ,580 . 30 

Alumnae .  135.00 

Lutheran .  91.37 

Christian .  204.00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  1,398.50 

Presbyterian .  7,838 . 00 

Reformed  Church .  2,856.07 

Protestant  Episcopal .  1,170.93 

Undesignated .  17,704.76 


Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  . , 


$39,478.49 


$14,596.06 


$39,478.49 

14,596.06 


$54,074.55 


$54,074.55 


NEW  YORK 


Colleges : 

Undesignated . $29,745.48 

Vellore .  18,617.19 

Madras .  606.01 

Tokyo .  18,078.50 

Ginling .  7,144.90 

Yenching .  56,665.16 

Isabella  Thoburn .  841.07 

Union  Medical,  Peking .  173.00 


Special  Gifts: 

Vellore . $18,096.30 

Ginling .  55,272.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  681.00 


$131,871.31 


74,049.30 


205,920.61 


Womens  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  91 


NEW  YORK — continued 


Churches : 


Baptist . 

. .  . .  $16,903 

.48 

Congregational . 

....  2,371. 

.67 

Alumnae . 

....  1,101 

.15 

Students . 

....  4,733 

.25 

Lutheran . 

....  376 

.00 

Christian . 

5 

.00 

Methodist  Episcopal . 

....  8,185 

.57 

Presbyterian . 

....  32,731. 

.75 

Reformed  Church . 

....  12,671 

.15 

Protestant  Episcopal . 

....  1,040 

.00 

Undesignated . 

....  51,752. 

.29 

—  $131,871.31 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation . 

74,049.30 

$205,920.61 


NEW  MEXICO 


Colleges : 

Undesignated .  $6.25 

Churches : 

Congregational .  $1.25 

Undesignated .  5.00 

-  $6.25 


NORTH  CAROLINA 

Colleges : 

Undesignated .  $165.00 

Vellore .  10.00 

-  $175.00 

Special  Gifts: 

Isabella  Thoburn .  50.00 


Churches: 

Methodist  Episcopal . 

Presbyterian . 

Undesignated . 

Special  Gifts: 
Specific  designation .  . . 


$  11.00 
15.00 
149.00 

-  $175.00 

50.00 


$225.00 


$225.00 


92  Women  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


SOUTITCAROLINA 


Colleges : 


Undesignated .  $169 . 00 

Madras .  100.00 


Special  Gifts: 
Isabella  Thoburn . 


$269.00 

94.25 


Churches: 

Students .  $200 . 00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  57.00 

U  ndesignated .  12.00 

-  $269.00 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  94.25 


$363.25 


$363.25 


OKLAHOMA 


Colleges : 

Yenching .  $  18.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  9,289.99 

-  $9,307.99 

Churches : 

Baptist .  $  12.77 

Congregational .  23.50 

Christian .  249 . 03 

Methodist  Episcopal .  335 . 62 

Presbyterian .  3,378.40 

Protestant  Episcopal .  196 . 00 

Southern  Methodist .  65.00 

Undesignated .  5,047 . 67 

-  $9,307.99 


OREGON 


Colleges : 

Vellore .  $8,210.69 

Ginling .  25.00 

Yenching .  25.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  70.00 


$8,330.69 


Women's  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  93 


O  REGON — con  t  inu  ed 


Churches : 

Baptist .  $1,339.31 

Congregational .  201.61 

Alumnae .  794.31 

Students .  100 . 00 

Lutheran .  28.50 

Christian .  65.00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  96.00 

Presbyterian .  2,546 . 10 

Protestant  Episcopal .  160.00 

Undesignated .  2,999 . 86 

-  $8,330.69 


OHIO 


Colleges : 

Vellore . $16,544.36 

Madras .  16,995.75 

Tokyo .  508 . 98 

Ginling .  170.00 

Yenching .  21,482.23 

Isabella  Thoburn .  605 . 00 

Union  Medical,  Peking .  130 . 00 

-  $56,436.32 

Special  Gifts: 

Vellore .  $2,950 . 00 

Ginling .  10.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  160 . 50 

-  3,120.50 

-  $59,556.82 

Churches : 


Baptist . $  4,252.75 

Congregational .  1,82 1 . 23 

Alumnae .  150 . 00 

Students .  313.17 

Lutheran .  475.00 

Christian .  648 . 50 

Methodist  Episcopal .  1,770.85 

Presbyterian .  21,225.90 

Reformed  Church .  138 . 00 

Protestant  Episcopal .  1,340.00 

Undesignated .  24,300 . 92 

-  $56,436.32 

Special  Gifts : 

Specific  designation .  3,120.50 

-  $59,556.82 


9-J  Women's  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


PENNSYLVANIA 

Colleges : 

Vellore . $  8,924.83 

Madras .  763.30 

Tokyo .  62,550.00 

Ginling .  946.00 

Yenching .  921.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  576.62 

Union  Medical,  Peking .  276 . 00 

-  $74,957.75 

Special  Gifts: 

Vellore . $  683 . 70 

Tokyo .  1,000.00 

Ginling .  35.00 

Yenching .  12,500.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  367.15 

-  14,585.85 


Churches : 

Baptist . $20,668.14 

Congregational .  88.00 

Alumnae .  511.00 

Students .  4,442 . 25 

Lutheran .  1,347.62 

Christian .  2,052.97 

Methodist  Episcopal .  4,315.03 

Presbyterian .  27,190.96 

Reformed  Church .  3,835 . 11 

Protestant  Episcopal .  359 . 50 

Undesignated .  10,147.17 


Special  Gift: 

Specific  designation .  .  14,585 . 85 

-  $89,543.60 


RHODE  ISLAND 

Colleges : 

Vellore .  $8,557.52 

Madras .  150.00 

Tokyo .  50.00 

Ginling .  8,915.69 

Yenching .  600.00 


Special  Gift: 

Isabella  Thoburn .  ,  150.00 


$18,423.21 


Women  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  95 


RHODE  ISLAND — continued 


Churches : 

Baptist.  . 

Congregational . 

Alumnae . 

Students . 

Methodist  Episcopal . 

Presbyterian . 

Undesignated .  . . . 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  . . 


$9,939.74 

7,306.46 

118.25 

22.76 

128.00 

19.00 

739.00 

-  $18,273.21 

150.00 

-  $18,423.21 


TEXAS 

Colleges : 


Undesignated .  $76.87 

Ginling .  10.00 


Special  Gift: 
Isabella  Thoburn 

Churches : 


Students .  $  1.00 

Lutheran .  34.00 

Presbyterian .  10.00 

Undesignated .  41.87 


Special  Gift: 

Specific  designation .  , 


$86.87 

65.00 


$86.87 

65.00 


$151.87 


$151.87 


TENNESSEE 


Colleges : 

Undesignated . 

Ginling . 

Yenching . 

Special  Gift: 
Isabella  Thoburn 

Churches : 

Baptist . 

Congregational . 

Methodist  Episcopal 
Southern  Methodist . 
Undesignated . 


$  55.00 
217.41 
51.33 

-  $323.74 

1,057.17 


$  10.00 
51.33 
32.00 
217.41 
13.00 


$1,380.91 


$323.74 


96  Women  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


TENNESSEE — continued 
Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  1,057.17 

-  $1,380.91 


UTAH 


$53.50 

29.00 

-  $82.50 

$30.00 

34.50 

18.00 

-  $82.50 


VERMONT 


Colleges : 

Vellore .  $  526.00 

Madras .  5,191.50 

Tokyo .  2.00 

Ginling .  190.22 

Yenching . * .  7.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  153 . 00 

-  $6,069.72 

Special  Gift: 

Isabella  Thoburn .  181.00 

-  $6,250.72 

Churches : 

Baptist .  $2,990.75 

Congregational .  706.39 

Students .  200 . 00 

Alumnae .  131.60 

Methodist  Episcopal .  584.00 

Protestant  Episcopal .  18.50 

Undesignated .  1,438 . 48 

$6,069.72 


181.00 


Colleges : 

Undesignated. _ 

Ginling . 

Churches : 

Alumnae . 

Presbyterian . 

Undesignated. _ 


Special  Gift: 
Specific  designation .  . 


$6,250.72 


Women's  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  97 


VIRGINIA 


Colleges : 

Undesignated .  $202 . 10 

Vellore .  15.75 

Madras .  10.75 

Ginling .  100.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  200 . 00 

Union  Medical,  Peking .  50.00 


Special  Gifts: 

Ginling .  $  5.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  654 . 54 

Vellore . 675.46 


$578.60 


$1,335.00 


Churches : 

Students .  $275.00 

Lutheran .  21.50 

Methodist  Episcopal .  200 . 00 

Southern  Methodist .  10.00 

Undesignated .  72.10 


Special  Gifts: 
Specific  designation .  . . 


$578.60 

1,335.00 


$1,913.60 


$1,913.60 


WEST  VIRGINIA 


Colleges: 

Madras .  $7,170.18 

Tokyo .  25.00 

Isabella  Thoburn .  1,005 . 00 

Union  Medical,  Peking .  10.00 


Special  Gifts: 
Isabella  Thoburn . 


$8,210.18 

1,635.50 


Churches : 

Baptist .  $  415.00 

Congregational .  120.00 

Alumnae .  35.00 

Christian .  25.00 

Lutheran .  524.00 

Methodist  Episcopal .  1,305.00 

Presbyterian .  467.00 

Reformed  Church .  30.00 

Protestant  Episcopal .  240 . 00 

Southern  Methodist .  224 . 00 

Undesignated .  4,825 . 18 


$9,845.68 


$8,210.18 


98  Women's  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


WEST  VIRGINIA— continued 
Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  1,635 . 50 

-  $9,845.68 


WASHINGTON 


Colleges : 

Vellore . $  10.00 

Madras .  .50 

Ginling .  10.00 

Yenching .  15,616.95 

Isabella  Thoburn .  5.00 


Special  Gifts: 
Vellore . 


$15,642.45 

10,714.48 


Churches : 


$26,356.93 


Baptist . $  1,704.52 

Congregational .  119.00 

Alumnae .  733.50 

Lutheran .  6.00 

Christian .  166.50 

Methodist  Episcopal .  103.00 

Presbyterian .  2,001 . 1 1 

Protestant  Episcopal .  92.00 

Undesignated .  10,716.82 

-  $15,642.45 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  10,714.48 

-  $26,356.93 


WISCONSIN 


Colleges : 

Vellore . 

Madras . 

Tokyo . 

Ginling . 

Yenching . 

Special  Gifts: 

Yenching . 

Ginling . 

Isabella  Thoburn . 


$  2,785.66 
33.56 
132.00 
60.00 
16,497.27 

-  $19,508.49 

$1,000.00 

5.00 

113.00 

-  $1,118.00 


$20,626.49 


Women's  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  99 

WISCONSIN — continued 

Churches : 

Baptist . 

.  $1,661.35 

Congregational . 

.  4,996.41 

Students . 

.  151.67 

Lutheran . 

.  145.00 

Christian . 

.  145.00 

Methodist  Episcopal . .  . 

.  608.81 

Presbyterian . 

.  4,091.90 

Reformed  Church . 

.  705.07 

Protestant  Episcopal.  .. 

.  409.00 

Undesignated . 

......  6,594.28 

-  $19,508.49 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation . . 

.  1,118.00 

$20,626.49 

WYOMING 

Colleges : 

Undesignated . 

.  $122.50 

$122.50 

Churches : 

Alumnae . 

.  $58.00 

Presbyterian . 

.  63.50 

Undesignated . 

.  1.00 

HAWAII 

$122.50 

Colleges : 

Undesignated . 

.  $61.97 

Yenching . 

.  2.50 

$64.47 

Churches: 

Congregational . 

.  $58.47 

Undesignated . 

.  6.00 

$64.47 


INDIA 


Colleges : 

Isabella Thoburn .  $1,848.00  $1,848.00 

Churches : 

Methodist  Episcopal .  $  100.00 

Undesignated .  1 , 748 . 00 


$1,848.00 


100  Women  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


CANADA 

Colleges : 

Undesignated . $  117.00 

Vellore .  505 . 00 

Tokyo .  30,000.00 

-  $30,622.00 

Special  Gifts: 

Isabella  Thoburn .  206.50 

-  $30,828.50 

Churches : 

Protestant  Episcopal . $  100.00 

Lutheran .  15.00 

Canadian  Methodists .  30,000.00 

Presbyterian .  500.00 

Undesignated .  7.00 

-  $30,622.00 

Special  Gifts: 

Specific  designation .  206 . 50 

-  $30,828.50 

JAPAN 

Colleges : 

Tokyo . $26,219.00 

Yenching .  10.00 


Churches : 

Congregational . $  10.00 

Undesignated .  26,219.00 

-  $26,229.00 


SYRIA 

Colleges: 

Undesignated .  $10.00  $10.00 

Churches : 

Undesignated .  $10.00  $10.00 


BRITISH  COLUMBIA 

Colleges : 

Isabella  Thoburn .  $69 . 00  $69 . 00 

Churches: 

Undesignated .  $69 . 00  $69 . 00 


MISCELLANEOUS 

Colleges : 

Isabella  Thoburn .  $72.00  $72.00 

Churches : 

Undesignated  “After  Glow”  K’s  D.  $72.00  $72.00 


State 


Alabama . 

Arizona . 

Arkansas . 

Colorado . 

California .  . . 

Connecticut . 

Dist.  of  Columbia 

Delaware . 

Dakota,  North . . . 
Dakota,  South .  .  . 

Florida . 

Georgia . 

Idaho . 

Iowa . 

Illinois . 

Indiana . 

Kansas . 

Kentucky . 

Louisiana . 

Maryland . 

Maine . 

Massachusetts.  . . 

Michigan . 

Minnesota . 

Mississippi . 

Missouri . 

Montana . 

Nebraska . 

Nevada . 

New  Hampshire. . 

New  Jersey . 

New  York . 

New  Mexico . 

North  Carolina.  . 
South  Carolina. . . 

Oklahoma . 

Oregon . 

Ohio . . . 

Pennsylvania 
Rhode  Island 

Texas . 

Tennessee . 

Utah . 

Vermont . 

Virginia . 

West  Virginia 

Washington . 

Wisconsin . 

Wyoming . 

Hawaii . 

India . 

Canada . 

Japan . 

Syria . 

British  Columbia. 
Miscellaneous.  .  . 

Grand  Total . 


RECEIPTS 


By  College  Designations 


As  received  by  Hilda  L.  Olson,  Asst.  Treas. 


Undesig-  Vellore 
nated 


$  20.00 
2.00 
11.51 
3,804.03$ 

42.97 

32.00 

1,541.88 

485.10 

117.00 

1,570.19 


622.00 

50.00 

5.821.98 

1.955.98 


27.00 

363.08 

25.00 


29,745.48 

6.25 

165.00 

169.00 


76.87 

55.00 

53.50 

202.10 


122.50 

61.97 

117.00 

10.00 


1,000.00  S 
25,226.00 
7,398.11 
10.00 


1,845.60 

119.40 


6. GO 
11,413.64 
12,357.87 
1,463.20 


508.42 
100.00 
20,412.02 
589 . 70 
12,877.68 

16.00 

10.00 

10,822.32 

120.00 

36,094.99 

36,713.49 

10.00 


8,210.69 

19,494.36 

9,608.53 

8,557.52 


526.00 

691.21 

10,724.48 

2,785.66 


505.00 


Madras 

Tokyo 

Ginling 

Yenching 

Isabella 

Thoburn 

Union 

Medical, 

Peking 

Total 

$ 

10. 

00 

$ 

30. 

00 

2. 

00 

7. 

00 

18. 

51 

20. 

00 

360. 

.70 

5,184. 

73 

195 . 

00$ 

10,323. 

00  $ 

605.50 

48,278. 

66$ 

386.00$ 

196.00 

85,210. 

16 

1,467. 

86 

1,487. 

86 

1,691.86 

1,462. 

86 

1,856.36 

20.00 

15,427. 

88 

3,355. 

66 

3,344 . 

67 

42.00 

3,314. 

67 

48.00 

10,115. 

00 

100.00 

132. 

00 

142. 

.00 

1,683. 

88 

105.00 

136. 

00 

2.00 

2,088. 

60 

107. 

00 

300. 

00 

1,011 

50 

117. 

00 

1,570. 

19 

45. 

.00 

4,579. 

86 

342.31 

1,328. 

.20 

101.00 

25.00 

6,  427. 

37 

1,043. 

.33 

1,010. 

00 

4,015.70 

37,834. 

31 

882.24 

110.00 

56,309. 

22 

25. 

00 

5.00 

645. 

95 

351.00 

13,384. 

82 

68 

.00 

16,606. 

36 

684.64 

498. 

.05 

143.00 

1.00 

19,464. 

25 

1,010. 

00 

1,003.00 

490.38 

3,125. 

38 

25.00 

44.50 

119. 

50 

20 

.00 

50. 

.00 

76.00 

638. 

00 

1,625.53 

10.00 

8,749. 

93 

33. 

.34 

2. 

00 

238.33 

59. 

33 

15.00 

2,403 . 

98 

76,529. 

.95 

2,540. 

,05 

9,384.56 

3,192. 

00 

402.60 

139.00 

112,600. 

18 

11,233. 

21 

106.00 

1,738. 

50 

405.00 

14,072. 

41 

65.00 

1,704. 

17 

14,646. 

85 

295.50 

322. 

50 

707. 

50 

17,353.36 

3,034 . 

50 

26.00 

21,137. 

36 

373. 

08 

500 

.00 

84.15 

Ill 

00 

11,517. 

47 

25. 

00 

4,020 

.48 

65 

.00 

100.00 

150 

.00 

568.50 

5,023. 

98 

10 

.00 

1,235 

.00 

15,188.56 

5, 

.00 

1,191.00 

350.00 

54,074. 

,55 

606 

.01 

18,078 

.50 

62,416.90 

56,665 

.16 

1,522.07 

173.00 

205,920 

.61 

6 

.25 

50.00 

225 

.00 

100 

.00 

94.25 

363 

.25 

18 

.00 

9,289.99 

9,307 

.99 

25.00 

25 

.00 

70.00 

8,330 

.69 

16,995 

.75 

508 

.98 

180.00 

21,482 

.23 

765.50 

130.00 

59,556 

.82 

763 

.30 

63,550 

.00 

981.00 

13,421 

.00 

943.77 

276.00 

89,543 

.60 

150 

.00 

50 

.00 

8,915.69 

600 

.00 

150.00 

18,423 

.21 

10.00 

65.00 

151 

.87 

217.41 

51 

.33 

1,057.17 

1,380 

.91 

29.00 

82 

.50 

5,191 

.50 

2 

.00 

190.22 

7 

.00 

334.00 

6,250 

.72 

10 

.75 

105.00 

854.54 

50.00 

1,913 

.60 

7,170 

.18 

25 

.00 

2,640.50 

10.00 

9,845 

.68 

.50 

10.00 

15,616 

.95 

5.00 

26,356 

.93 

33 

.56 

132 

.00 

65.00 

17,497 

.27 

113.00 

20,626 

.49 

122 

.50 

2 

.50 

64 

.47 

1,848.00 

1,848 

.00 

30,000 

.00 

206.50 

30,828 

.50 

26,219 

.00 

10 

.00 

26,229 

.00 

10 

.00 

69.00 

69 

.00 

72.00 

72 

.00 

$47,276 .39  $240,217 . 89  $1 18,462 . 17  $193,059 . 99  $124,361 . 19  $230,047 . 34  $28,981 . 90  $1,492 . 00  $983,898 . 87 


NAME 


Alabama . 

Arizona . 

Arkansas . 

Colorado . 

California . 

Connecticut . 

Dist.  of  Columbia 

Delaware . 

Dakota,  North . . . 
Dakota,  South  .  .  . 

Florida . 

Georgia . 

Idaho . 

Iowa . 

Illinois . 

Indiana . 

Kansas . 

Kentucky . 

Louisiana . 

Maryland . 

Maine . 

Massachusetts .  .  . 

Michigan . 

Minnesota . 

Mississippi . 

Missouri . 

Montana . 

Nebraska . 

Nevada . 

New  Hampshire . . 
New  Jersey . 

New  York . 

New  Mexico . 

North  Carolina 
South  Carolina 
Oklahoma . 

Oregon . 

Ohio . 

Pennsylvania . 

Rhode  Island . 

Texas . 

Tennessee . 

Utah . 

Vermont . 

Virginia . 

West  Virginia . 

Washington . 

Wisconsin . 

Wyoming . 

Hawaii . 

India . 

Canada . 

Japan . 

Syria . 

British  Columbia . . 
Miscellaneous . 


RECEIPTS 


By  Denominational  Designations 
As  received  by  Hilda  L.  Olson,  Asst.  Treas. 


Undesig¬ 

nated 

Baptist 

Congre¬ 

gational 

American 

Colleges 

$  15.00 

1.00 
11.51 

$  1.00 

$  10.00$  5.00S 

7.00 

356.11 

937.50 

312.00 

75.00A 
266. 14S 

9,201.00 

13,565.00 

1,926.89 

965. 50A 
142. 00 A 

10,631.85 

2,409.03 

1,481.00 

100.00S 

135.00A 

2,289.42 

5,307.00 

95.00 

107 . 50S 

27.00 

5.00 

100. 00 A 

1,251.05 

116.63 

142.00 

5.00S 

1,799.60 

106.00 

154.00 

541.40 

70.00 

291.00 

30.60 

135.00S 

47.00S 

781.94 

135.50 

6. 90S 
619. 50A 

2,859.36 

905.00 

1,527.20 

2.00S 
930. 60A 

22,835.77 

10,179.64 

13,342.42 

476. 00S 

5,453.84 

1,902.81 

1,075.95 

214. 27S 
10.00A 

6,373.77 

1,667.09 

878.79 

75.25S 

3,080.38 
44  50 

20.00 

3. 00  A 
75.00A 

1,647.07 

17.00 

79.00 

66.48S 
258. 00A 

804.50 

1,017.80 

199.00 

76.68S 
10,042. 17A 

40,179.18 

32,371.59 

22,766.61 

4.287.88S 

561.60A 

4,277.34 

550.50 

2,544.65 

188. 31S 
1,995. 16A 

5,161.22 

322.50 

526.71 

2,280.66 

43.00S 

4,140.08 

3,970.00 

2,097.75 

69.00A 

192.38 

151.45 

4.00 

15.75A 

8,461.17 

25.00 

1,086.65 

141.75 

2.00S 

2.393.50A 

1,729.43 

567.50 

232.55 

11.00S 

18,122.76 

6,524.56 

1,580.30 

14,288. 06A 
6,373. 15A 

77,764.59 

5.00 

199.00 

106.25 

48,953.48 

2,371.67 

1.25 

4.733.25S 

200. 00S 

5,047.67 

12.77 

23.50 

100. OOS 

2,999.86 

1,339.31 

201.61 

794. 31A 
160. 00A 

24,461.42 

7,202.75 

1,821.23 

313. 17S 
546. 00A 

23,698.02 

20,668.14 

88.00 

5,442 . 25S 
118. 25A 

889.00 

106.87 

9,939.74 

7,306.46 

22.76S 

1.00S 

1,070.17 

18.00 

10.00 

51.33 

30.00A 
200. OOS 

1,619.48 

1,402.10 

2,990.75 

706.39 

131.60A 

5. 00 A 
275. OOS 

6,460.68 

415.00 

120.00 

35.00A 

21,431.30 

1,704.52 

119.00 

733. 50A 

5. 00  A 

7,707.28 

1.00 

6.00 

1,748.00 

213.50 

26,219.00 

10.00 

69.00 

72.00 

1,661.35 

4,996.41 

58.47 

10.00 

151. 67S 
58. 00 A 

Lutheran 

Christian  Methodist 

Presby- 

Reformed 

M.  E. 

Protestant 

Total 

Episcopal 

terian 

Church 

South 

Episcopal 

$  31.80  $ 

4.00 

$  96.25 

$  3,357.07 

115.00 

507.65 

1,228.05 

6,555.43 

21.00 

29.00 

221.00 

280.00 

281.08 

155.00 

802.00 

5.00 

32.70 

131.50 

2.00 

17.00 

11.50 

2.00 

3.75 

26.00 

616.10 

10.00 

52.00 

375.31 

37.00 

567.99 

487.35 

284.93 

5,397.82 

237.95 

96.80 

207.40 

4,190.80 

228.32 

670.04 

4,115.75 

4,008.35 

22.00 

80.10 

135.25 

1,523.53 

4,964.50 

38.00 

10.00 

24.00 

992 . 50 

722.25 

40.00 

58.00 

152.00 

1,578.94 

25.00 

40.00 

10.00 

4,391.10 

210.00  6.799.37 

115.50 

2,714.16 

2.00 

2.00 

5.50 

16.00  106.25 

1,047.72 

502.42 

65.00 

25.00 

91.37  204.00 

1,398.50 

7,838.00 

376.00 

5.00 

8,185.57 

32,731.75 

11.00 

15.00 

57.00 

249.03 

335.62 

3,378.40 

28.50 

65.00 

96.00 

2,546.10 

475.00  6 

48 . 50 

1.770.85 

21,225.90 

1,347.62  2,052.97 

4,315.03 

27,190.96 

128.00 

19.00 

34.00 

10.00 

32.00 

34.50 

584.00 

21.50 

200.00 

524.00 

25.00 

1,305.00 

467.00 

6.00  1 

66.50 

103.00 

2,001.11 

145.00  1 

45.00 

608.81 

4,091.90 

63.50 

100.00 

15.00 

30,000.00* 

500.00 

$  15.00 

$  30.00 

2.00 
18.51 
5,184.73 

$  80.00 

50,799.50 

85,210.16 

113.00 

15,427.88 

681.00 

262.00 

10.00 

10,115.00 

132.00 

1,683.88 

2,088.60 

1,011.50 

117.00 

1,570.19 

$  40.00 

6,427.37 

162.20 

5.00 

1,644.50 

56,309.22 

13,384.82 

843.14 

170.00 

593.75 

67.00 

19,464.25 

3,125.38 

119.50 

8,749.93 

2,403.98 

200.00 

1,014.00 

112,600.18 

3,888.32 

232.75 

14,072.41 

1.00 

78.36 

1,021.50 

173.00 

75.15 

14,646.85 

322.50 

21,137.36 

373.08 

11,517.47 

25.00 

2,856.07 

1,170.93 

5,023.98 

54,074.55 

23,386.15 

65.00 

1,040.00 

196.00 

205,920.61 

6.25 

225.00 

363.25 

9,307.99 

160.00 

8,330.69 

138.00 

1,340.00 

59,556.82 

3,835.11 

359.50 

89,543.60 

217.41 

18,423.21 

151.87 

1,380.91 

82.50 

18.50 

6,250.72 

30.00 

10.00 

224.00 

240.00 

92.00 

1,913.60 

9,845.68 

26,356.93 

705.07 

409.00 

100.00 

20,626.49 

122.50 

64.47 

1,848.00 

3C.828.50 

26,229.00 

10.00 

69.00 

72.00 


$356,012.32  $179,229. 77  $70,784. 44  $41,668. 65A  $4,649.15  $12,872.04  $59,923.02  $142,442.06  $3 5,325.28  $3,312.05  $60,125.58  $983.898  87 

17,554. 51S 


♦Canadian  Methodists 


Women’s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  101 


SUMMARY  OF  RECEIPTS 
By  College  Designation 
As  received  by  Hilda  L.  Olson,  Asst.  Treas. 

Undesignated .  $  47,276.39 

Vellore .  240,217.89 

Madras .  118,462.17 

Tokyo .  193,059.99 

Ginling .  124,361.19 

Yenching .  230,047.34 

Isabella  Thoburn .  28,981.90 

Union  Medical,  Peking .  1 ,492 . 00 


Total .  $983,898.87 


SUMMARY  OF  RECEIPTS 

By  Denominational  Designations 

Undesignated .  $356,012.32 

Baptist . . .  179,229.77 

Congregationalist .  70,784 . 44 

Alumnae .  41,668.65 

Students .  17,554.51 

Lutheran .  4,649 . 15 

Christian .  12,872 . 04 

Methodist  Episcopal .  29,923.02 

Presbyterian .  142,442.06 

Reformed  Church .  35,325 . 28 

Southern  Methodist .  3,312 . 05 

Protestant  Episcopal .  60,125.58 

Canadian  Methodists .  30,000.00 


Total .  $983,898.87 


102  Women  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

MEMORIAL  BUILDINGS 

Weyerhaeuser  Building .  $75,000.98 

Treat  Building .  10,000.00 

Jerusha  Gear  Ewart  Building .  10,000 . 00 

Laing  Building .  25,000.00 

Scripps  Buildings .  50,000.00 

Harkness  Building .  25,000.00 

Wheeler  Chapel .  12,500.00 

Harriet’s  Cook  House .  1,100.00 

King’s  Daughters  Building  and  Rooms. .  . .  14,675 .46 

Northfield  Chapel .  2,759.32 


Total .  $226,035.76 


MEMORIAL  BUILDINGS 

Vellore — Weyerhaeuser  Building .  $75,000.98 

Tokyo — Treat  Building .  10,000.00 

Vellore — Jerusha  Gear  Ewart  Building. .  . .  10,000 .00 

Ginling — Laing  Building .  25,000.00 

Vellore — Scripps  Building .  25,000.00 

Yenching — Scripps  Building .  25,000.00 

Ginling — Harkness  Building . . .  25,000.00 

Yenching — Wheeler  Chapel .  12,500.00 

Vellore — Harriet  Cook  House .  1,100.00 

Isabella  Thoburn — King’s  Daughters 

Building .  10,000.00 

Vellore — King’s  Daughters  Room .  675.46 

Madras — King’s  Daughters  Room .  1,000.00 

Tokio — King’s  Daughters  Room .  1,000.00 

Ginling — King’s  Daughters  Room .  1,000 . 00 

Yenching — King’s  Daughters  Room .  1,000.00 

Vellore — Northfield  Chapel .  2,759 . 32 


Total .  $226,035.76 


Note:  The  gift  of  the  little  Gold  Dollar  brought  in  $10,000.00— which  gives  the 
Clarke  Memorial. 


Women's  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  103 


SMITH-GINLING  SOCIAL  AND  ATHLETIC  BUILDING 
Gifts  Received  by  Hilda  L.  Olson,  Assistant  Treasurer 


California . 

Connecticut . 

Delaware . . . 

District  of  Columbia . 

Illinois . 

Kentucky . 

Louisiana . 

Maine . 

Massachusetts . 

Minnesota . 

Michigan .  .  .  . . 

New  Hampshire . 

New  Jersey . 

New  York . 

Ohio . . . 

Pennsylvania . 

Virginia . 

Wisconsin . 

Gifts  received  by  Russell  Carter,  Treasurer 


$  443.50 

107.00 
100.00 
30.00 
602.00 
3.00 
25.00 
200.00 
8,518.56 
65.00 
12.00 
100.00 
14,153.06 
5,272.00 
10.00 
35.00 
5.00 
5.00 

-  $29,686.12 

10,005.49 


Total 


$39,691.61 


104  Women's  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


RECEIPTS  FROM  KING’S  DAUGHTERS 

For  Women’s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

After  Glow .  $  72.00 

British  Columbia .  69.00 

Canada .  206.50 

California .  111.00 

.  Connecticut .  372.50 

Illinois .  801.91 

Iowa .  101.00 

Indiana .  321.00 

Kentucky .  2,315.76 

Louisiana .  44.50 

Massachusetts .  1,132 . 10 

Maine .  15.00 

Missouri .  25.00 

Mississippi .  295 . 50 

Maryland .  367.00 

Michigan .  380.00 

New  Hampshire .  568.50 

New  Jersey .  428 . 00 

New  York .  671.00 

North  Carolina .  50.00 

Ohio .  160.50 

Pennsylvania .  367 . 15 

Rhode  Island .  150.00 

South  Carolina .  94.25 

Tennessee .  1,057.17 

Texas .  65.00 

Virginia .  1,330.00 

Vermont .  181.00 

West  Virginia .  1,635 . 50 

Wisconsin .  1,113.00 

Interest .  174.62 


Grand  Total  Sept.  20,  1923 .  .  $14,675.46 


College  Designations 

Isabella  Thoburn  for  building .  $10,000.00 

Yenching  for  room .  1,000.00 

Ginling  for  room .  1 ,000 . 00 

Tokyo  for  room .  1,000.00 

Madras  for  room .  1 ,000 . 00 

Vellore  for  bed .  675.46 


$14,675.46 


Women's  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  105 

CAMPAIGN  EXPENSES 
Under  Administration  of  Assistant  Treasurer 


Audits . /••••■ . 

Surety  Bond,  Assistant  Treasurer  for  2  years . 

Office  and  General  Campaign  Expenses,  covering 
Headquarters,  Boston  and — 

Connecticut 

California 

Chicago 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Kansas 

Nebraska 

New  York  ’ 

Oregon 

Oklahoma 

Ohio 

Iowa 

Pennsylvania 

Missouri 

Washington 

Wisconsin 

Lantern  Expenses . 

Postage,  Telegraph  &  Telephone . 

♦Travel  and  Committees . . . 

Rent  (including  rent  of  Safe  Deposit  Box) . 

Publicity  and  Printing . 


$  419.79 

312.67 


28,498.57 


1,015.81 

4,103.77 

14,097.92 

1,854.67 

16,718.86 


fTotal 


$67,022.06 


The  expenses  of  the  International  Christmas  Gift  Campaign  in 
1920  were  $5,608 .05.  / 


*A11  travelling  expenses  of  Chairman,  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Peabody,  were  more  than 
covered  by  her  personal  gift  to  the  Fund.  _  ^ 

t Covered  by  Interest  and  gain  in  Sale  of  Securities  up  to  time  Report 

went  to  press .  ^ 

Since  going  to  press . 


$69,660.64 


106  Women's  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 


BUILDINGS* 


Kansas  City  Peace  Building — Eph.  11:14 
Van  Santvoord  Building 
Poughkeepsie  Building 

Woman’s  Missionary  Society  Building — Toronto, 
Canada 

David  Draper  Dayton  Building 

Luella  Miner  Building 

Oregon  Building 

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Building 

Mary  Huggins  Gamble — Dean’s  Residence 

State  of  Washington  Dormitory 

Pfeiffer  Building 

Jubilee  Educational  Fund,  W.A.B.F.M.S.  for 
Peabody  Building 
New  Jersey  State  Building 
New  Jersey  State  Building 
Albany  Ward 
New  Haven  Ward 
Binghamton  Ward 
“Margaret”  Ward 

Mary  V.  Pyle  Ward,  Children’s  Hospital 

Emma  K.  Anderson 

Scranton  Residence 

Rachel  Fillebrown  Dormitory 

Bacon  Hall 

Anderson  Gymnasium 


Ginling 

Vellore 

Tokyo 

Tokyo 

Ginling 

Yenching 

Yenching 

Yenching 

Yenching 

Yenching 

Isabella  Thoburn 

Vellore 

Ginling 

Vellore 

Vellore 

Vellore 

Vellore 

Vellore 

Vellore 

Vellore 

Tokyo 

Vellore 

Ginling 

Isabella  Thoburn 


*Not  in  list  of  Memorial  Buildings  on  page  102. 


Women  s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient  107 


MEMORIAL  ROOMS 


Name 


College 


Mary  E.  Scott 

Presbyterian  Women,  Seattle 

Mrs.  John  W.  Wagner 

John  Frisbee  Keator 

Mary  Ault  Hall 

Margaret  Alexander 

Emeret  Cooley  Farwell 

Catherine  Frazer  Lindsay  (Library) 

Sophie  C.  Hart 

Elizabeth  Kendall 

Ellen  F.  Pendleton 

Hattie  Berner 

Mrs.  S.  F.  Beeckenridge 

Mrs.  Paul  Graff  (Library) 

Helen  Simmons  (Memorial) 

Mrs.  M.  J.  Edna  Bovard,  Bayonne,  N.  J. 
Elizabeth  Fullager  (Memorial) 

Paul  Wilbur  Graff — Elizabeth  R.  Smith 
West  Virginia,  King’s  Daughters 
Wisconsin,  King’s  Daughters 
Massachusetts,  King’s  Daughters 
Jennie  C.  Benedict 
Elinor  Gerhart  Gibson 
Mrs.  John  Benedict 
Elizabeth  Swezey  Coburn 
Grace  Church,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rollstone  Congregational  Church 

Ethel  L.  Howard 

Mary  Capen 

Mrs.  Manley  J.  Breaker 

Edith  Parker 

Concord  Alcove  (Library) 

Janeway  Memorial  Room 

Grace  T.  Colburn 

William  Howard  Doane 

Pauline  Christine  Miller  Schwarzbach 

Charlotte  Freeman  Keeney 

Mrs.  Charles  F.  Pope 

Jennie  Robinson  King 

“Women  of  Akron” 

Mary  D.  Myler 

Anna  Elizabeth  Van  der  Veer  Rohrman 
Joseph  Barnhurst  Rohrman 
Anna  Canfield 
Flora  Stelle 


Vellore 

Ginling 

Ginling 

Vellore 

Tokyo 

Vellore 

Yenching 

Ginling 

Tokyo 

Yenching 

Yenching 

Vellore 

Vellore 

Isabella  Thoburn 
Isabella  Thoburn 
Vellore 
Vellore 
Ginling 

Ginling 


Isabella  Thoburn 
Vellore 

Isabella  Thoburn 

Madras 

Yenching 

Yenching 

Ginling 

Tokyo 

Madras 

Vellore 

Vellore 

Vellore 

Vellore 

Vellore 

Vellore 

Ginling 

Madras 

Ginling 

Tokyo 

Vellore 

Tokyo 

Tokyo 


108  Women’s  Union  Christian  Colleges  in  the  Orient 

MEMORIAL  ROOMS— continued 


Name 

College 

Caroline  Close 

Yenching 

Bertha  L.  Schwarzbach 

Vellore 

David  W.  Hoyt 

Ginling 

Dr.  Anna  Kugler  (Bed) 

Vellore 

Bradford  Academy 

Tokyo 

Georgia  and  Harriet  Leonard 

Yenching 

Carpenter — Hovey 

Tokyo 

Mrs.  I.  Rathnam 

Vellore 

Memorial  Kitchen 

Vellore 

Seattle  Chinese  Room 

Yenching 

Mrs.  Henry  T.  Spencer  (Bed) 

Vellore 

Mount  Holyoke  College 

Madras 

Nellie  C.  Woods 

Yenching 

Christian  Women  of  So.  Dakota 

Vellore 

Mark  Williams 

Ginling 

Martha  Ella  Long 

Ginling 

Martha  Hocker  Jenkins 

Ginling 

Luella  F.  McWhirter 

Vellore 

Mary  H.  Porter 

Yenching 

Susan  A.  Jeffries 

D.  A.  R.,  Multnomah  and  Williamette 

Yenching 

Chapters 

Yenching 

Oregon  Sisterhood  P.  E.  0. 

Yenching 

“Girls  All,”  Oregon 

Yenching 

Searl — Sherwin  Memorial 

Vellore 

Nebraska  Ward 

Vellore 

Mrs.  Lee  H.  Wakefield 

Yenching 

Endicott  Room 

Yenching 

Mary  Clokey  Porter 

Ginling 

Exeter,  N.  H.,  Room 

Madras 

Louise  Arobine  Adams 

Vellore 

Ruth  Maitland 

Vellore 

Ogontz  School 

Tokyo 

Harriette  R.  Collins  (Bed) 

Vellore 

Gibson  Memorial 

Vellore 

Elizabeth  Griffin  (Bed) 

Vellore 

Julia  C.  Emery 

Vellore 

Susie  E.  Silver 

Vellore 

Hattie  Berner  Memorial 

Vellore 

Mrs.  Henry  T.  Spencer 

Vellore 

Burrall  Class 

Tokyo 

List  of  gifts  to  furnish  rooms  not  given  here  but  rooms  will  bear 
the  inscriptions. 


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The  suggestion  has  been  made  that 
we  add  to  the  College  in  Tokyo  a  Me¬ 
morial  Chapel  to  commemorate  our 
Japanese  Christian  women  and  girls 
who  have  perished  with  the  devoted 
missionary,  Miss  Kuyper,  a  member  of 
the  Board  who  died  a  heroic  death, 

“For  all  these  saints  who  from  their 
labors  rest,”  will  not  some  one  con¬ 
tribute  the  additional  $25,000  needed  to 
build  this  memorial  to  our  Christian 
friendship  with  Japan? 


